The Attractions of an Orange

I cut an orange in half and placed it in the flat wooden bird feeder in hopes of attracting a beautiful Baltimore Oriole.  I didn't attract an Oriole, but I did attract a rose breasted woodpecker who had a feast day on this succulent orange for several days.

Not only did we attract this beautiful woodpecker, but we attracted this character this morning at breakfast time....

After checking out the orange....

...he walked away not the least bit interested (and I later found out why because all of the orange pulp was eaten out by the woodpecker and only the peel was left)

He nosed around all over the yard clearly looking for something to eat.  He walked around the house to the back yard, and came up on the deck to the back door just smelling away.  He saw us looking at him from the windows but didn't retreat at all.  This was a small bear, probably a cub from last year.

Pretty exciting!