Here's a picture of one of my many jelly eaters and some others from over the last few days.
Mike










 

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Great photos....

I'll use that Oriole for the next featured photo for sure..

I think I see an Indigo Bunting there also...

I've seen a couple here lately too but not able to get a video yet

Thanks for sharing them

I have orioles here but have had no luck getting them to a feeder using a "nectar."
How does the jelly thing work?

cool orioles and indigos!!
i heard that orange halves will also draw in the o's.

Bow,
We use an Oriole feeder but fill it with the same plain sugar water we use for the hummers. Tried the so called "nectar" and they would not touch it
The jelly feeder works just how it looks. They eat the grape jelly out of the cups. Have found that they only like grape jelly and not jam. I would think they'd eat orange marmalade but it cost a lot more than jelly.
We tried offering orange halves on screws above the jelly cups at 1st but they would ignore the oranges and eat the jelly.
Mike

Thanks, I tried orange halves -- no luck. But when I say "nectar" I was referring to my own sugar/water mix as used for hummingbirds. The dang bees took it over and the orioles stayed away. Actually they often were right next to it while pulling tent catepillars from their tents, but they still wouldn't touch the nectar -- bees?