Hi Cayuga birders, It is known that some of the species of birds do not feed on sucrose that is regular sugar and they can't digest those sugars. So all of them are not sugar lowers. I have list of species that don't like sugar. I will dig it and post it sometimes. So the waxwings feed on fruits of crab apple and crab apple has very minute amount of sucrose, most of it is sorbitol an alcohol of the sugar called polyols and glucose, fructose and other hexoses and pentoses like xylose etc. Robin is one of them who does not like sucrose at least according to the paper.
More later. Meena -----Original Message----- From: bounce-119240312-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119240312-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Keeler Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 1:19 PM To: Karel V. Sedlacek Cc: atvaw...@gmail.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles The Orioles at my house won't eat oranges. What they eat is grape jelly. I also get Catbirds, House Finches, and House Sparrows eating the jelly. One year a Robin used to come. A Goldfinch tried it this year but found it not to his liking. Sent from my iPad > On May 15, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Karel V. Sedlacek <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > We have found that nailing orange halves to the siding of our house helps! > Glad they are back for you! > -----Original Message----- > From: bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-119239894-64835...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:51 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Orioles > Our pair of Baltimore orioles arrived 3 or 4 days ago. I heard the male soon > after they arrived, but only got a glimpse of him last evening. > Every year I struck by how difficult it can be to get sight of such a noisy, > bright orange bird. > I'm glad they're back. > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
