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From: gh0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gordon Hester)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Questions on Feeding Orioles
Message-ID: <AYNljiy00UhBE1c3hP@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 9 May 89 17:12:14 GMT
Organization: School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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While I have never fed orioles myself, I understand that they will come to
take citrus fruit (or oranges, at least.) Cut the fruit in halves and find
a way to attach it where they can feed and you can watch. I've also heard
that emptied-out orange halves can be used with some fruit jelly put in
them, but don't know if this is really adequate food for the birds in terms
of nourishment.

I would think orioles would be unable to feed from a conventional hummingbird
feeder, since they can't hover and those feeders typically don't provide
a place for a large bird to perch.

Gordon Hester
gh0t+@andrew.cmu.edu