Orchard Oriole

You can't choose which birds you'll see on any given day. It's not up to you.

But if you have an option on an Orchard Oriole, don't pass it up.

These are beautiful birds.

Orchard Orioles are a rare treat. They are not here in Wisconsin for that long.

The Baltimore Orioles are more common and colorful, but the Orchard Oriole still shines in shades of satin black and burnished russet.

The female Orchard Oriole is a standout beauty bird, too.

They mainly eat insects so there is little you can do to entice them to your locale. Still, in fall when the insects disappear, mulberries and chokecherries will attract them.

You might get an Orchard Oriole at your hummingbird feed, whether you like it or not. They have a real 'sweet tooth'. 

They are not social birds, yet rather  agreeable to sharing territory with other birds at nesting time.

Being smaller than the others orioles they may have adapted to being congenial, not so much by choice... rather by necessity.

Look and listen for them singing in the treetops.

There are many smartphone apps you can download for free, so you'll recognize their song when you hear it.

You don't have much time though. Orchard Orioles are one of the first birds to leave in summer. They will be back in Central America all too soon for the winter.

Allan
Credits: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
The Sibley's Guide to Birds