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From: jon@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Jonathan Gingerich)
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Subject: Re: Humming bird feeder  and ...
Keywords: hummingbirds, bird feeder, orioles
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Date: 20 Jul 90 17:08:53 GMT
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In article <8162@scorn.sco.COM> donnak@sco.COM (Donna Karolchik) writes:
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|In article <120206@pyramid.pyramid.com> zona@pyrps5 (Zona Walcott - lang group) writes:
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|>    and ...
|>    does anyone else have non-hummers visiting their hummer feeder?
|>
|>     thanks,
|>      Zona
|
|We've had orioles coming to our hummer feeder for the past 2 years now.
|The first year we thought it was entertaining until we realized that they
|were managing to dump most of the hummer food on the ground while rocking
|the feeder back and forth. This year we took the perches off the feeder,

You can buy feeders specifically designed for orioles.  They will prefer
it to a  hummingbird feeders.  They are very attractive birds in their own
right.

Jon.