Just day visitors

Friday was memorable as the day the Orioles dropped by.

First we had this brightly coloured male.

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 And then, later in the day, this lighter coloured male showed up.

They were not there together because they were friends. The brighter coloured Oriole was definitely the Alpha male. If the term is appropriate for birds? 

We saw neither of them for the next two days. This morning an Oriole visited the yard very briefly, I  believe it was a different bird altogether.  It passed on our oranges and hasn't been seen or heard for hours.  Oh, well. Spring is not over.