Fw: [Birdnet] Home birding

[Diane_Penttila at fws.gov]

I just melt some grape jelly into some water (unfortunately I have never
found a printed rate to use) and put into a bowl.  I put it on a table on
my deck right outside my kitchen window.  The orioles love it.  I've tried
the oriole feeders and orange halves and nothing works.  But that grape
juice/jelly mix keeps them coming right to our window and out of my
spilling my hummingbird feeders.

Diane
Vernal

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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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