This morning we went to the Ledyard Bridge area and found the Orchard  
Oriole's nest.  There did not seem to be any activity in the nest,  
but both the orioles were in the area.  All of a sudden we watched as  
two Cedar Waxwings descended on the nest, one attacking vigorously  
the top of the nest, and one pulling material from the bottom of the  
nest.  The orioles did not seem to pay any particular attention to  
this behavior.  I wonder if this means the orioles have fledged.  Do  
waxwings usually do this sort of thing?  I looked up pictures of  
nests for both waxwings and orchard orioles, and I would definitely  
say we were looking at the oriole nest not a waxwing nest.

Joanne Norton
Kendal at Hanover

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