We also had orioles at our suet feeders, which I don't recall occurring in the past. I've put out orange halves in years past, but never saw an oriole come to them.
Put up the hummingbird feeder last week, and hung it where a tube feeder with sunflower seed had been all winter. The next morning there were 6 or 8 very confused goldfinches and house finches hanging out around that feeder. Hummers showed up the next day. --Marty =========================================== Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 =========================================== -----Original Message----- From: bounce-120469945-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120469945-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Kevin J. McGowan Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:34 AM To: Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners - SUET! Interesting observation, Marie. I have a pair of orioles coming to my suet right now, and I have never experienced that before. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: bounce-120469864-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120469864-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:21 AM To: Dave Gislason; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners - SUET! Hi Cayugabirders, I think it's very interesting how people are reporting orioles eating suet this spring. Maybe this has been reported in previous years, but I don't recall so. I'm wondering whether this change in diet is because so few of the flowering trees are out (at least where I live and in the Cornell Plantations Arboretum where I spend a lot of time). So the orioles are having a hard time finding enough food (they like to sip nectar from tree flowers) . BTW, many of the crabapples in the Arboretum were nailed by the super-cold snap a few weeks back...I've been looking closely...there are few viable flower buds on many of them, and leaves just struggling to come out now. The trees up here seem awfully bare for mid-May. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography-104356136271727/ ________________________________________ From: bounce-120469816-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-120469816-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Dave Gislason [dgif...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:11 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] B. Orioles in Trumbull Corners This morning my lone male Baltimore Oriole was joined by two others, plus two females. They love the suet. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
