[스크랩] Tips for Attracting Orioles to Your Yard

5 Tips to Attracting

Orioles into your Yard

http://wildbirdsunlimited.typepad.com/the_zen_birdfeeder/2013/05/5-tips-to-attracting-orioles-into-your-yard.html

 

1)  Have the oriole feeder up and ready BEFORE they arrive.

In our area of east central New York state, that means putting out an oriole feeder near the beginning of May.

2)  Hang the feeder so it's visible from the treetops.
Orioles are treetop birds, so make sure you hang your oriole feeder where they would be most likely to see it from their perches at the top of deciduous trees.

3)  Offer fruit.
Oranges are the easiest food to offer orioles at a birdfeeder.  Cut them in half so the insides are up.

You can also offer grape jelly.  Orioles have a sweet tooth and will eat mounds of grape jelly daily.  Don't make the jelly pile too deep, just in case some other smaller bird with a sweet tooth gets into it.

4)  Offer mealworms.
Orioles eat insects, especially tent caterpillars, and will eat live mealworms offered in a birdfeeder.

5)  Offer nectar.
Orioles will lap up nectar, but because of the size of their bill, it needs to be in a specialty oriole feeder that has

ports bigger than those on a hummingbird feeder.

The nectar concentration is weaker too, 8-to-1 instead of the hummingbird nectar ratio of 4-to-1.  

 

NECTAR FOR HUMMINGBIRDS AND ORIOLES

http://saratogasprings.wbu.com/content/show/22507

HUMMINGBIRD NECTAR RECIPE

1 part sugar to 4 parts water

1. Warm the water in the microwave (it doesn't need to boil - just warm enough to dissolve the sugar).
2. Stir in sugar to dissolve
3. Cool
4. Fill feeder
5. Store remainder in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or use for oriole nectar "starter" (see shortcut below). We recommend storing nectar in a glass container to avoid leaching of hazardous compounds.

Easy Hummingbird Nectar Conversion Chart

To Make	Water	Sugar
1 cup nectar	1 cup	1/4 cup
2 cups nectar	2 cups	1/2 cup
3 cups nectar	3 cups	3/4 cup
4 cups nectar	4 cups	1 cup

 

 

 

 

Top 5 Reasons to NOT Use Red Hummingbird Nectar

Reason #1: It serves NO purpose
Reason #2: The dye is petroleum based
Reason #3: Nectar from flowers is clear - not red
Reason #4: The red dye passes though the hummingbird
Reason #5: You can make clear nectar more simply

ORIOLE NECTAR RECIPE

1 part sugar to 8 parts water

1. Warm the water in the microwave 
2. Stir in sugar to dissolve
3. Cool
4. Fill feeder
5. Store remainder in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks

Easy Oriole Nectar Conversion Chart

1 cup nectar 1 cup 2 T. 2 cups nectar 2 cups 1/4 cup 3 cups nectar 3 cups 6 T. 4 cups nectar 4 cups 1/2 cup

Shortcut to oriole nectar:
1) Start with a batch of hummingbird nectar from recipe above.
2) Double-up on the water only.

Nectar Tips

• Store prepared nectar in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
• We recommend storing nectar in a glass container to avoid leaching of hazardous compounds.
• Change nectar and clean feeders every 4-5 days whether the nectar is being consumed or not.
• Change nectar and disinfect feeder immediately if you see black spots in the feeder
• Change nectar immediately if you see cloudiness in the nectar
• Don't use red nectar - most hummingbird feeders have enough color in them to attract the birds so WHY ADD DYE??  Read the Top 5 Reasons to Not Use Red Hummingbird Nectar

2015.6.29

Have seen at least 2 orioles around... just created a feeder for them ~ ~ Hope to see them in my backyard

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*** New Hummingbird Feeders - bought on 6/30/2015 *** 

 

 

 

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