I guess I am a bit too literal-minded and misunderstood what Pete was asking.
In answer to a slightly different question "When is the latest that hummingbirds and orioles are around so that I can take down my feeders (which at that point may or may not be attracting any birds anyway)? ": for hummingbirds my experience has been the middle to the end of September, I usually have hummingbirds up until September 19th or so. For orioles, I couldn't say but maybe someone else could offer an opinion. A slight diversion, I had a family of orioles feeding in the trumpet vines in my yard...they seemed to be pecking at the base of each open flower...presumably to get at the nectar inside (although maybe to get insects too?). Anyway I enjoyed seeing this cool behavior although they basically trashed the flowers! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ ________________________________________ From: Linda Orkin [wingmagi...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 1:46 PM To: Marie P. Read Cc: Peter; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] When to stop feeding hummers AND Orioles And when all have migrated through. It is my understanding that migratory hummingbirds are able to find and utilize feeders as they travel. https://www.thespruce.com/when-to-take-down-hummingbird-feeders-385959 Linda Orkin Ithaca, NY On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu>> wrote: After they've left on migration! Feeding them isn't going to prevent them from migrating, if that's what you were worried about. Subject: [cayugabirds-l] When to stop feeding hummers AND Orioles Can someone suggest an appropriate time to stop feeding hummers sugar water and orioles jelly? Thanks Pete Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
