] on behalf of Marty Schlabach
[m...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:03 PM
To: Carol Keeler; Asher Hockett
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
We have put out orange halves for several years, but have yet to see any bird
come to them, even though we hear and see orioles
; Carol Keeler; Asher Hockett
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
The only time I had success with oranges for orioles was a number of years back
when it was a cool, wet spring and the orioles arrived before there were any
tree blossoms or much leaf-out. Unlike this spring!
Marie
For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet
feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two
holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you
drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of
the
Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws
to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a
week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and
Catbirds come for the grape jelly. Sometimes, I get a
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws
to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a
week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and
Catbirds come for the grape
The first year we tried oranges, nobody noticed even though there were orioles
in the neighborhood. Since then, we put the orange eighths on a platform
usually reserved for mixed seeds. The orioles now feed on the oranges several
times a day. Sometimes other species visit but they seem to be
