How to Attract Orioles to Your Feeder?

Hello Everyone, I have a small suburban garden, and it has a bunch of native plants (Honeysuckle, Coneflower, ect.) I installed an Oriole Feeder about a month ago, but there are no orioles arriving. I know they're around here, as I have been seeing them, but no can do. I have the Woodlink feeder with the Sugar Water, The Grape Jelly holders, and the Orange Spike. The only visitors I have been getting are Paper Wasps and Yellowjackets. I do have other feeders, and birds frequent them alot (House Finches, Goldfinches, Blue Jays) Thank You for your advice in advance.

How to Attract Orioles to Your Feeder?
Orioles like a variety of sugary foods such as sugar water, suet, peanut butter, doughnuts, milk soaked bread, halved apples and oranges, raisins, grapes, bananas, and grape or strawberry jelly. You can experiment with these. Every oriole has its own favorite and their taste changes %26amp; foods they once likes will no longer appeal to them. They like table feeders best because they have a variety of foods to choose from.


Good luck!


PS another hobby that goes great with bird feeders is photography! Birds and butterflies flittering around the yard make great subjects!
Reply:A little red birdie on the widow sill,a little red birdie with a yellow bill.I lured him in with a crust of bread and then I crushed his little head. LM
Reply:Try checking out www.birdsandblooms.com. It's the website for a magazine but they have information on just anything you'd like to know about birds.
Reply:I feed the Grackles our left overs, they eat everything, I would imagine the leftover mac and cheese, french bread, etc... would attract an Oriole also.
Reply:wow you should check on line...if you know what type of orioles you have. Usually I can put a half of oranges out and they never leave..I do keep them away from my other feeders and away from my house. I do keep it were I can see it but not so they feel threatened.
Reply:I always dangle high-salaried contracts in front of them. (Oh! You meant real Orioles...not the ballplayers.)





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Reply:ALL birds will respond if two conditons met(birds and not ball-players must be in area)





1)The food type of the particular bird must be present(some feed seeds, some fat, some well you get the idea)





2)Feeder/feed area needs to be in a acceptable safe location(for the bird not you). Which means how they feed etc... same goes for nesting. Some species are territorial... or incompatible- like plants. Some birds require different parameters before considering area and some may be more skiitish about the neighbor's dog or that lovely tree/bush.





But if its good food in good spot... eventually the word gets around...





also time of feeding- you may just be missing their 'lunch' hour...


or the 'steak' down the street is taking them from your 'burgers'.





Happy watching and hope this helps.
Reply:dear lev,


good luck to you...i do not know what state you are in ,but here in pa i have only had minimal success with field or wild orioles. i too have seen baltimores and after 4 yrs of coaxing them with feeders, nectar, oranges etc,,i have decided these snooty little birds are independant and turds..hahhah...so if they visit you consider yourself special,,,,,other than that,,feed the nice birds and do not worry about the "snobs"...