Say hello to Sweden's first Baltimore oriole, this longs staying bird arrived way back in December, back then there was snow on the ground and the bird was attracting large crowds and engaging the whole village. 
Baltimore oriole's migrate to winter in the Neotropics as far north as Mexico and sometimes the southern coast of the United States, but predominantly in Central America and northern South America. They prefer habitat in open deciduous woodlands but are also known do quite well in community parks and suburban backyards, which this bird can attest to as its made this small garden its home since December 2022.
It often poked its head through the branches of the pine tree and only one climbed to the top and even performed a short sub-song.
Fieldfare: The garden was also home to felidfare, blackbirds, blue tits and great tits, goldfinch, house and tree sparrows. The owner was very pleasant and urged me to stay and wait longer for better views of the bird.
Sparrowhawk: Unfortunately the owner of the house has recently installed a cage around the main feeder, probably because of this local sparrowhawk that I witnessed whizzing right past the feeder before alighting up on the nearby greenhouse of the garden centre.
The bird hasn't left the garden since and is still guarding its bird feeder full of fermenting fruit and roosting in the adjacent pine tree.
The bird should be on the other side of the Atlantic in North America. They are found in the Canadian Prairies and eastern Montana in the northwest eastward through southern Ontario, southern Quebec, and New Brunswick, and south through the eastern United States to central Mississippi and Alabama, and northern Georgia.
During our time here I visited the garden three times and saw it each time I arrived, the bird didn't leave the pruned pine tree the feeder is attached to and regularly climbed on to the feeders to feed before melting away back into the pine tree.
You may be thinking where it gets its name from, well the summer plumage male bird resembles the colour's to those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. It is the state bird of Maryland and is also the namesake and mascot for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team.
Tree Sparrow: I didn't twitch this bird solely to see it, Dawn and I planned a short mini-break to Sweden and Denmark, visiting Copenhagen.
We had a great time with some great weather, great food and some really great real ales.
A bit late but I hope you enjoy the post.