[cayugabirds-l] Black Terns at Montezuma

2024-05-09 Thread John Gregoire
As often happens, birding from our Jeep at this time was sparse but we were in for a real treat when we negotiated the minefield on Van Dyne Spoor Rd to its end. Along the way we had several nifty sightings but the incredible awaited us at the end. When glassing the area we saw very many Black Ter

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly

2024-05-09 Thread Nancy Cusumano
My Trader Joe's strawberry preserve ingredients are: strawberries, liquid sugar, sugar, water (Sugar contains 2% or less of lemon juice concentrate), pectin. I thought this seemed ok - is it? THe orioles seem to like the strawberry just fine. Thank you. Nancy On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 9:34 PM Ste

[cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Well, I hate to wade into this topic, but since I believe I am one of the only dedicated birders around here with degrees in Food Science and Nutrition (BS, Mich St U; MS, Cornell U), and about 23 years work experience in two different Food Science departments in Cornell College of Agriculture,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread Deb Grantham
Or pots of flowers that would attract them. Deb On May 9, 2024 10:44 AM, Donna Lee Scott wrote: Well, I hate to wade into this topic, but since I believe I am one of the only dedicated birders around here with degrees in Food Science and Nutrition (BS, Mich St U; MS, Cornell U), and about 23 y

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread Paul Schmitt
Good factual separation on high fructose versus “natural”.  Based on my experience feeding hummingbirds, I believe there is an additional difference that separates cane sugar from beet sugar.  Years ago, hummers suddenly refused our sugar nectar.  Realizing we had opened a new bag, we checked the b

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread Karen
Thanks to Donna and Paul for the information provided. Fun observation:Toxay I bought an oriole feeder and some prepared bird jelly. I put it out and got some jelly on me as I hung the feeder. I walked inside, washed my fingers,walked back to the door. and in that amount  of time there ws an or

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread job121...@verizon.net
Hi, Donna, On the run but how about powdered sugar? I've understood it is as much of a no-no as other sugars .. brown, Karo, etc..  You've provided the real scientific reasons for your argument. We're still finding Os.   Candace & Dave did the complete trip around Seneca Lake last wk. to our ast

[cayugabirds-l] Bird Migration Dates

2024-05-09 Thread Peter Saracino
http://dates.bosbirds.com/Week.aspx Pete Saracino/ NY State Master Naturalist Volunteer -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm Nor

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Re Grape Jelly for orioles/catbirds

2024-05-09 Thread Geo Kloppel
For purely incidental (i.e. not experimental) reasons, one of the two identical hummingbird feeders that I’m running side-by-side is loaded with the usual colorless 1:4 solution of “pure cane sugar” (Domino), and the other is loaded with a 1:4 solution of “certified organic pure cane sugar”, whi