Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!sid From: sid@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Sid Johnson WB6VWH) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Are oriole "feeders" fakes? Summary: They like our hummer feeders Message-ID: <1991May25.004238.3943@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Date: 25 May 91 00:42:38 GMT References: <1991May24.213728.23714@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU> Reply-To: sid@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Sid Johnson WB6VWH) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 13 In article <1991May24.213728.23714@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU> tfisher@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher) writes: >From article , by rk30+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ruth Kline): >> I hope you knowledgeable birders can help settle >> an argument I'm having with my sister. She just >> bought an oriole feeder, built on the same design >> as hummingbird feeders except the liquid is orange Orioles are often attracted to Hummingbird feeders. We have troubles sometimes with Orioles at our hummer feeders. I have heard many similar stories from others so it seems to be obvious that Orioles will and do suck nectar when they have the chance. As to a commercial feeder actually attracting them I would guess that if they are in the area the feeder might work, but I dont, have any personal experience to substantiate this. Sid Johnson