I have orioles eating at my suet feeder this spring too. On an odder note-
Sunday morning - when my feeders were empty- an oriole came to my second floor
window and just pushed its chest into my window. It was quite something to have
such a close up view of his bright orange chest. It then flew away. I had a
strong feeling that this was a message to come down and fill the feeder with
more suet. Within a half hour of filling the feeders the oriole was back
feeding on the suet.
From: Marie P. Read <[email protected]>
To: Dave Gislason <[email protected]>; CAYUGABIRDS-L
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners - SUET!
Hi Cayugabirders,
I think it's very interesting how people are reporting orioles eating suet this
spring. Maybe this has been reported in previous years, but I don't recall so.
I'm wondering whether this change in diet is because so few of the flowering
trees are out (at least where I live and in the Cornell Plantations Arboretum
where I spend a lot of time). So the orioles are having a hard time finding
enough food (they like to sip nectar from tree flowers) . BTW, many of the
crabapples in the Arboretum were nailed by the super-cold snap a few weeks
back...I've been looking closely...there are few viable flower buds on many of
them, and leaves just struggling to come out now. The trees up here seem
awfully bare for mid-May.
Marie
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Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:11 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners
This morning my lone male Baltimore Oriole was joined by two others, plus two
females. They love the suet.
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