Show-and-Tell...With the Or-eee-ell

My daughters neighbor always tells her when they are leaving for a couple of days. For two reasons. 1. She wants my daughter to fill her bird feeders because she doesn't want the orioles to leave.. 2. She wants my daughter to call me, so I can go hang out on her back porch with my camera.

Sooooooo....

Would you rather sit and watch the telly,
or go over and watch birds eating jelly?

I wish they would come flying on command,
these beautiful birds from Mar-y-land.

The black is pretty, the orange I adore,
these beautiful birds from Bal-ti-more.

The birds were angry, they yelled out..."SCRAM...
LEAVE US ALONE TO EAT THE JAM!!!"

Next time they go somewhere, I must step up my game. The porch is just a little too far away (using my 300mm lens) for crisp shots, and when I moved my chair closer (on the lawn), they wouldn't come down. So, I'm thinking...a camera on a tripod, set on manual focus on one of the bowls of jelly, with a remote shutter trigger in my eager little hand.

We'll see.