[Birdnet] Home birding

[Roostertael at aol.com]

Hi,
 
Several years ago I had a Bullock's Oriole trying to get a drink out of one  
of my Perky-Pet hummingbird feeders. I only saw it once. I bought a couple of  
oriole feeders and every spring for a few years I had one up. No takers. This 
 Sunday I again saw an oriole trying to get a drink out of the same feeder. I 
 took off one of the bee guards and it stayed all day. I put up one of the 
oriole  feeders and the orange color did not appear to make any difference. It 
still  went to the hummingbird feeder. When they(now have a juvenile male and 
female)  land on the Perky-Pets, they shake out a few drops of sugar water and 
turn  upside down to drink it. I put up a grape jelly feeder and two orange  
halves, but neither one has tried it yet. They still prefer the hummingbird  
feeders. I will try a different oriole feeder.
 
I just watched the young male feeding the female. I am not sure if the  
female is a juvenile, but she is fluttering her wings to be fed.
 
 
Jack



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