Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!vixvax.mgi.com!gumby.mgi.com!weiler From: weiler@gumby.mgi.com Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Are oriole "feeders" fakes? Message-ID: <1991May28.083843.1@gumby.mgi.com> Date: 28 May 91 13:38:43 GMT Article-I.D.: gumby.1991May28.083843.1 References: <1991May24.213728.23714@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU> <714@cronos.metaphor.com> Organization: Management Graphics, Inc. Lines: 38 Nntp-Posting-Host: gumby.mgi.com In article <714@cronos.metaphor.com>, pstevens@Metaphor.COM (Paul Stevens) writes: > In article <1991May24.213728.23714@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU>, tfisher@NPIRS.Purdue.EDU (Tom Fisher) writes: > |> From article , by rk30+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ruth Kline): > |> > 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 > |> > rather than red and this one has the design of > |> > orange slices on it. > |> > |> A couple of years ago, someone gave me an oriole feeder such as > |> you describe. I followed all the directions, hung the thing > |> up from a tree branch, and waited - and waited - and waited. As > |> far as I could tell, there never were any takers. The solution > |> finally fermented and I threw the thing away. We do have > |> Northern (I still prefer to call them "Baltimore") Orioles around > |> but they simply were not attracted. That's my experience. > > I have some friends who live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mts > in California. They say that the orioles there have feed from their > hummer feeder. The orioles take off the insect protector from the feeder > to better get their beaks in. I've also seen orioles feed from hummer > feeders by "rocking" the feeder to get the juice to dribble out. > > +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Paul Stevens {apple|decwrl}!metaphor!pstevens > Metaphor Computer Systems pstevens@metaphor.com > Mountain View, CA I received an oriole feeder as a gift, filled and hung it, and the next day we had two oriole pairs taking turns at the feeder. They drained three cups in nectar on the second day!! Their visits have slowed down, maybe due to other duties like nesting. We still get occasional males and females. Our yard lies along the Mississippi River north of Mpls/St. Paul, so we have a better than average place for attracting birds. (We also get bluebirds, goldfinches, herons and bald eagles.)