I always look for Baltimore Orioles when the apple trees are in bloom. They didn't fail me! This afternoon, I spotted that glowing orange and black ducking around in the quince bush, seemingly trying to hide among the bright pink-orange blossoms. The quince also attracted my first-of-the-year Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The Oriole moved on to the pink-and-white profusion of an apple tree.
Earlier, I nearly mistook a Black-capped Chickadee for a hummingbird: perched on a branch of the plum tree, it was fanning its wings at the speed of a hovering hummingbird - until it took off in pursuit of another chickadee in the orchard.
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