RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
The only time I had success with oranges for orioles was a number of years back when it was a cool, wet spring and the orioles arrived before there were any tree blossoms or much leaf-out. Unlike this spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 From: bounce-56612033-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-56612033-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marty Schlabach [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:03 PM To: Carol Keeler; Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges We have put out orange halves for several years, but have yet to see any bird come to them, even though we hear and see orioles nearby. --Marty == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == From: bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Keeler Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:33 PM To: Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and Catbirds come for the grape jelly. Sometimes, I get a Red-Bellied Woodpecker that comes for oranges or jelly, but not so far this year. They come for suet or seeds. I'm hoping that if I try your technique with oranges, that I may get some new birds on the oranges. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Asher Hockett veery...@gmail.commailto:veery...@gmail.com wrote: For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of the top. Then half an orange is impaled in each. We did this because I read somewhere it would attract orioles. It does. But it also is enjoyed by R-b Grosbeaks, B-h Cowbirds, various woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, and even the grackles try to get to it, but the orioles chase them off. Having the orioles so close is a real delight, and has afforded us the best looks I've ever had of them. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
I have used oranges and grape jelly for years! They fight over the jelly dish. Kim W. -Original Message- From: bounce-56856060-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-56856060-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P Read Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 10:58 AM To: Marty Schlabach; Carol Keeler; Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges The only time I had success with oranges for orioles was a number of years back when it was a cool, wet spring and the orioles arrived before there were any tree blossoms or much leaf-out. Unlike this spring! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 From: bounce-56612033-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-56612033-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marty Schlabach [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:03 PM To: Carol Keeler; Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges We have put out orange halves for several years, but have yet to see any bird come to them, even though we hear and see orioles nearby. --Marty == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == From: bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Keeler Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:33 PM To: Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and Catbirds come for the grape jelly. Sometimes, I get a Red-Bellied Woodpecker that comes for oranges or jelly, but not so far this year. They come for suet or seeds. I'm hoping that if I try your technique with oranges, that I may get some new birds on the oranges. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Asher Hockett veery...@gmail.commailto:veery...@gmail.com wrote: For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of the top. Then half an orange is impaled in each. We did this because I read somewhere it would attract orioles. It does. But it also is enjoyed by R-b Grosbeaks, B-h Cowbirds, various woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, and even the grackles try to get to it, but the orioles chase them off. Having the orioles so close is a real delight, and has afforded us the best looks I've ever had of them. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com
[cayugabirds-l] Oranges
For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of the top. Then half an orange is impaled in each. We did this because I read somewhere it would attract orioles. It does. But it also is enjoyed by R-b Grosbeaks, B-h Cowbirds, various woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, and even the grackles try to get to it, but the orioles chase them off. Having the orioles so close is a real delight, and has afforded us the best looks I've ever had of them. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and Catbirds come for the grape jelly. Sometimes, I get a Red-Bellied Woodpecker that comes for oranges or jelly, but not so far this year. They come for suet or seeds. I'm hoping that if I try your technique with oranges, that I may get some new birds on the oranges. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Asher Hockett veery...@gmail.com wrote: For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of the top. Then half an orange is impaled in each. We did this because I read somewhere it would attract orioles. It does. But it also is enjoyed by R-b Grosbeaks, B-h Cowbirds, various woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, and even the grackles try to get to it, but the orioles chase them off. Having the orioles so close is a real delight, and has afforded us the best looks I've ever had of them. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --
RE: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges
We have put out orange halves for several years, but have yet to see any bird come to them, even though we hear and see orioles nearby. --Marty == Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315 == From: bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-56596041-3494...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Keeler Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:33 PM To: Asher Hockett Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Oranges Thanks for the good idea! I have just the suet feeder I could add the screws to. I've fed the orioles for several years now. I've had out oranges for a week now and no one has come for them. I have Orioles, House Finches, and Catbirds come for the grape jelly. Sometimes, I get a Red-Bellied Woodpecker that comes for oranges or jelly, but not so far this year. They come for suet or seeds. I'm hoping that if I try your technique with oranges, that I may get some new birds on the oranges. Carol Keeler Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Asher Hockett veery...@gmail.commailto:veery...@gmail.com wrote: For the past few years we've put oranges at our feeders. We have a suet feeder built like a wee house, made of resin/wood composite. I drilled two holes in the roof and screwed some long exterior screws - the kind you drive with a phillips screw gun - from the underside so they stick out of the top. Then half an orange is impaled in each. We did this because I read somewhere it would attract orioles. It does. But it also is enjoyed by R-b Grosbeaks, B-h Cowbirds, various woodpeckers, titmice, chickadees, and even the grackles try to get to it, but the orioles chase them off. Having the orioles so close is a real delight, and has afforded us the best looks I've ever had of them. -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://ebird.org/content/ebird/! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basicshttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Informationhttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Archives: The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirdshttp://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Nethttp://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBirdhttp://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] oranges
The first year we tried oranges, nobody noticed even though there were orioles in the neighborhood. Since then, we put the orange eighths on a platform usually reserved for mixed seeds. The orioles now feed on the oranges several times a day. Sometimes other species visit but they seem to be looking for the seeds, which are no longer there. Orioles dominate the platform, so we have not seen any other species at the oranges. One orange lasts about two days. We have at least two orioles that we can distinguish by plumage, but there may be one or two more. We have not tried grape jelly yet, but I think that should work when we run out of oranges. In other news, we had a BROWN THRASHER in the yard this afternoon. In past years, they have been in the neighborhood but in the wooded areas. They have been seen mostly as they fly across the road. Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg -- 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/ --
