The Heartwarming Time I Helped a Baltimore Oriole 

I'm actually happy with no music in this video, the natural sounds are really nice just on their own :)

Don’t worry about the music. Your voice is much more soothing anyway.

Lesley, whether the Oriole lived or not, this story is the real success that everyone can learn from. Your diligence to provide that bird with sustenance everyday twice a day is heartwarming.

Blown away they were up this far north

To be able to get an Oriole to eat out of your hand... That's something but to get one into the house. Pretty cool!!!

This was such a poignant and heartwarming story, Lesley. I sincerely believe the oriole left on its migratory journey south after regaining its strength and fat reserves, albeit much later than it planned. One thing is for sure, you saved this little one's life and helped it survive and that is so touching. I can't believe she ate out of your hand - how utterly thrilling! The unique thing about her bill injury is that that makes her identifiable, and although you've never seen her again, you never know if someone who sees this video and perhaps this bird, lets you know. One in a million, but still... I bet this bird is still around telling all the other orioles about the harsh Canadian winter and the nicest human she has ever met. Thanks for sharing this with us, it truly warmed my heart.

What an amazing story! With all you did for that little Baltimore Oriole you surely saved her life!

Dear Leslie- I sent a little your way a few months ago, but this story really deserves an encore ! I love your channel, your kindness and your charming videos. Both birds and humans are indebted to you!- John

Thanks! What a kind Bird Nerd you are, And your husband too. I hope the little one is OK.

That was so nice Lesley. You are a good person.

What a nice story! I really do think you gave it the boost necessary to get back where it belongs.

What a wonderful story - you have a kind soul!

I finally got a chickadee to land on my hand and feed it

This is an absolutely beautiful story.

God bless you, Leslie, for all you do--not just for the birds, but for we humans as well. :)😇

There is A VERY SPECIAL place in Heaven for you Leslie...God Bless You. Writing this through humbled tears. 🧡

Your heart is full of love ❤️

You're just an angel. Thank you for helping the little birds. It warms my heart.

Baltimore Orioles are one of my favorite birds. We are lucky enough to have them in the spring through the early summer. So glad you were able to assist her. You are truly a good soul. ❤️

Thus video is a present to all of us that watch. Thank you.

O my. I am crying tears. Life is good especially with birds in our lives.

Birding: The thrill of the hunt without the taking of a life and for those, such as you, Lesley, the nurturing concern of a heart that cares yet remains mindful of the freedom of flight.

Great story, I'm in tears. Good for you helping that little bird, I'm sure she made it

Your a godsend!! You saved that precious birds life, she or he was cold and starving.Bless your heart ❤️ 🍊 🧡

Your videos are awesome, you have a very merry Christmas 🎅

One of my favorite lines in the Bible: "For God's own are the guardians of the earth". Thank you for being God's bird guardian!

The natural sounds with your voice are so gentle and calming. ❤🖤🧡🧡❤!!~* You and your husband's 💕 compassion for her, along with the way you have brought this video together is really what makes this a success🧡💕

If our beloved birdies have guardian angels, Lesley is surely one of those. Merry Christmas, everyone! ✝️

Hello ma’am thank you for all your love and support for this beautiful birds ma’am god will credit you with all happiness in world ma’am I thank you from bottom of my heart Happy holiday 🙏🙏🙏

Bless you for caring. You have a kind heart. Thank you. Merry Christmas

That poor bird belongs in Panama. She was surely blessed to have been found by such a caring soul.

Helping lost birds is great, with or without music. I once had a cockatiel land on my head in the middle of a snowy forest in winter. It stayed with me all the way home and I managed to find and reunite it with it's owner that day. It had apparently spent the 20F night outdoors after escaping the day before. Tough parrot.

What a nice thing, very touching😊Good good karma

You are such an amazing person. This was such a heart warming story. Thank you for helping the lovely lost bird.

Lesley,you are a Wonderful human being. Oh, I hope that beautiful bird made it.

This is a very nice video and thank you for caring for this beautiful bird.

Bird geeks have big hearts ♥️ I believe she made it and simply flew back home. Nicely done Lesley!

Aww so 😋 you are the best bird 🐦 lady besides me I love ❤️ them so much I will do anything for them I love to see them eat and play omg those guys and girls are the cutest feathered friends we could ever have caring for them brings me peace joy and 😊 GOD BLESS THE BIRDS 🐦 AND GOD BLESS YOU MISS LESLEY

This is so beautiful...you are so huge hearted..Bless you!

She had to have made it! And you helped her 🖤

thank you for sharing this. I have a single female kinglet visiting me for the last week. I live in Vancouver. downtown. we are having a cold snap right now. minus 8 to minus 12. I have been doing extra special caring for the the birds and the kinglet. I now don't feel like I'm doing too much. you are caring as well as myself. some people think I'm crazy but I don't care

Fantastic job , bless you ❤️🙏

You and your hubby have proven to be wonderful stewards of the birds who visit your property. Thank you so much for sharing this story and harboring and feeding the little wayward oriole, and all the other birdie friends. Joyeux Noel!

Thank you so much for the content you bring us all. Much love to you and all.

Happy Winter Solstice ❄🌌🌙🕯

Bless you!! This had me in tears. You are an angel😇 & a blessing to wildlife. I am blown away at how hard they work, how dedicated they are & how they manage to survive the elements. Thank you for all you do & all you share. The world needs more of you!! Take care!! 😊

God bless you for helping this Oriole.

Amazing dedication to saving her.

Thank you Lesley.

Love this!!!! Thanks for sharing!! So many animals are being shifted around with weather changes. Love when people take care of them to help them on their way. What a gift.

God bless you for helping His creature.

What a lovely thing you did to help those in need.❤

A similar thing happened here in Scarborough last summer. We noticed while a eating our dinner, a Baltimore Oriole pecking at a crab apple in the tree outside our window. We have never seen one before and had to look it up to see what kinda bird it was. The next day our bird loving nieghbours put out a orange slice for it. And it came back and i was able to get a picture.

What a journey! I'm brought to tears worrying about this poor little thing struggling in the cold. She really lucked out catching your eye. Thank goodness for observant and caring people like you, Leslie. I think you really helped her regain her energy in order to journey south. ❤️

What a great advocate you are for our feathered Friends. Your actions and your videos and your love educates people about how important it is for humans to help our feathered Friends because they need it 🙏

Delightful story. Thank you for sharing. I watch birds daily. I had a falcon visit me the other day & noticed it was young. It sat right in front of my large window and stared at me. I love birds. I paint them now.

Absolutely.....The nature sounds make the best music. Thanks for sharing again! 😊

What a great story and how good it is to see there are other people, going out of their way to help even the tiniest animal in the most desperate situation. In the city it's frowned upon to even spend a little energy to help a non domestic animal; feeding pigeons or geese is a nono and people think you are crazy if you feed young stranded seagulls on a frozen river with some bread and fish. And of course the eternal sin of trying to save a bee. Anyways...that bird flew off and lived, tnx to your kind heart and some divine intervention, which of course, is kind of the same thing. Merry Xmass to all the kind people of the world!

Loved your story! We are kindred spirits, you and I. Birds cheer my soul.

Thank you so much for helping one of our wonderful birds survive! Roberta from Baltimore :)

What a sweet story!!! A little Orange Winter Queen. 🥰

This is such a beautiful story 😊

Poor baby. How did such a birb made for warm weather end up in a winter situation? Thank you for caring so much! Much blessings.❤️

You are totally amazing! thank God that sweet Birdy found you!!!

I'm new to feeding birds and I'm learning so much from you. Thank you, Lesley! 🖤

Thank you for sharing such a great story.

I love that you did this for her

sweet story I hope the Oriole made it back to the tropics

you are a life saver lesley from helping birds

Such a touching story, thank you. 🙂

Sweet story! Thanks for sharing. This summer, when I was walking outside, I almost stepped on a hummingbird that was on the sidewalk. It look like a tiny stick with green moss sticking up until I really got a good look at it I carefully picked it up an Aleve and took it home and gave it some sugar water, and it finally was able to fly away a few hours later I really enjoyed the close encounter I had and that I was able to help it

I'd like to think she made it back to whereever she came from thanks to your help

This is the best Christmas story ever.

Thank you for being so kind to these hardy but vulnerable little creatures! ❤️ When I was a child in the 1960s living in northern New Jersey I found a Baltimore oriole in a shrub in our suburban backyard. I had only seen a Baltimore oriole in my neck of the woods a handful of times! Such a beautiful and colorful bird! When I first noticed him (it was a male) I was close but the Oriole made no attempt to fly away. He was shaking and then I noticed flies flying around and landing on him. The bird was dying but I wanted to help him somehow! I went and got gloves and cupped the little guy who was unable to escape and brought him over to our wooden picnic table away from the flies and foliage. I quickly went in the house and brought out some birdseed and dish of water laying them right next to him. He made no attempt to eat, I suspect he was diseased and suffering in his last moments. I got a spoon and tried to bring water and seed directly to his beak but the bird had bigger problems on his mind. I was a kid and didn't know what else to do! At this point the flies had found the bird and all I could do at this point was try to swat them away! The bird passed on a short time later. More than 50 years later that memory still haunts me! I felt so helpless to render assistance. I'm glad you were able to help another oriole so many years later!

I'm by Toronto, ON. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, my grandmother had Baltimore Orioles that would come and eat the berries off of her Mountain Ash trees. She would also get cedar waxwings.

This is such a great account of helping a wayward traveler. All the care you and Jamie gave that small creature shows the sort of love that is eternal. Blessings this Solstice Yule to all your family, Lesley. and many thanks for your patient filming expertise. A happy gift!

Please remember to hit that like button for Lesley. ❤️

It's a good trick to get more views, I watched the video twice 🙂 You're close to 200K subscribers, wow.

What a beautiful experience! Hope we'll get to see more of these vibrant colors with warmer climate and helping hands!

You are a wonderful and caring lady! Thank you for helping her survive that cold spell. I once had a chickadee come to my feeder that had a fishing hook protrude from her beak! I felt so sorry for her. She came here because she knew this is the only place she can find nourishing sustenance easily. This was five years ago and she was here for more than two months till the end of the snow. I never saw her again; I'll never forget her!

Glad this is back. Never much cared for the "team" since the 60's and 70's...

Thank you Leslie for helping this little 'angel'. The video is beautiful and there is no loss of enjoyability without the music. Hope you had a wonderful holiday.❤

Wow, awesome~ They will appreciate your help a lot~💞 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

What a wonderful story! I'm in Wisconsin so I get to see Orioles stop by my area in the summer months. Thank you for going the extra mile to help out these beautiful creatures. I love birds of all kinds, but especially crows. Most people think I'm crazy, but I 'get' them...they're smarter than I am :)

Your caring and action are just beautiful. It is wonderful you share your birding journey with us. I am sure all the birds everywhere love you too.

What a beautiful story. She definitely wouldn't have made it without your help. I love that she was feisty and defended her food even in such a foreign environment to her. I don't know what the video sounded like with music but I enjoyed it with just te sounds of the birds. It felt like storytime and almost like a poetry.

Wow…you are such a special person!!! Thanks for sharing!!!🤗

Bless your heart. I just love your channel.😊❤

What a story 💛 I had a similar experience with a young blackbird. Happy Holidays Lesley 🌨🤶🏼🎄🎅🏼☃️❄️ Greetings Heidi 👩‍🌾

What a beautiful and touching story. Your dedication to the Oriole and her response to you are so heartwarming...a perfect holiday video! And I agree, the natural sounds and your voice are music enough. Thank you for sharing, and I hope you enjoy your holidays!

No need for music. You have a beautiful voice and do an excellent job explaining what you need to say. Music can be distracting.😊

Thank you Lesley, you gave her a chance.

Leslie ! What a beautiful story and i am, as others have commented, amazed she ate out of your hand, but then her behavior is proof of your talents. I love Orioles and we see them occasionally here in the area. Such a treat for you! TYVM for such a lovely story before Christmas, and it warmed my heart. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas 🎄and stay safe and warm. 💕

You are a delightful very special person. Thank you❤️🦋

God bless you for your compassion and dedication to these beautiful little creatures!

Oh thank you for reposting this lovely video. Again...my new favorite Christmas story. God bless you Leslie and have a blessed holiday. Hugs!

I hope she makes it through winter and comes back to visit you in the spring. Thank you for helping ❤

Lovely story. Thank you for sharing and caring for her.

This was a very heartwarming story, I'm glad you shared it with us!

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