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Hi Lois =E2=80=93 Wow
Thankyou for the advice and word s of wisdom =E2=80=93 hoping nature =
will take its course and the BO will find its way to warmer climes !
Thanks =E2=80=93 DB=20
Night hath a thousand eyes.
Lyly,c.1589, Maydes Metamorphose
From: Lois Codling=20
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 10:41 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Baltimore oriole
Hi Derek,
My advice on Orioles is don't try to make them stay the winter! They =
can make it through, but it requires a very dedicated person to feed =
them. They will eat grapes and grape jelly until it starts to get =
really cold. Then they need to get peanut butter mixed with suet, and =
lots of mealworms. The fats and protein are what enables them to =
survive the cold. Even if you have your own mealworm colony it is =
difficult to produce enough worms to give them enough to keep them =
alive. Then there is the problem of making sure they and not other =
birds (e.g. Starlings) get to eat this special food. You need to have a =
feeding cage, made of wire netting which will allow them but not the =
other birds, to get into it. Some people provide a bit of heat via =
lightbulbs to keep the food from freezing. I used to put hot water in a =
small plastic container with a second plastic container attached to the =
lid. Food in the second container. But you have to be home to change =
the water in cold weather so the whole thing doesn't freeze.
Have I discouraged you? Hopefully your bird will move on towards the =
more hospitable South, and all will be well. Sometimes, though, they =
just don't go.
Lois Codling
L. Sackville
On 20/11/2015 8:25 PM, D W Bridgehouse wrote:
The last 2 days we have had a new backyard bird in a male Baltimore =
Oriole around our backyard feeding on the neighbors grapes . This bird =
would be considered a =E2=80=9Clifer=E2=80=9D for me as a rank amateur =
watcher of feeder birds that throng to our sunflower seed birdfeeder.=20
Up until yesterday I had never seen this bird before and actually had =
to look it up . But the black head , burnt orange ( almost gold orange =
) body and what caught my eye were the white wing bars . Close to size =
of a robin.=20
Quite a handsome bird !
But it has been hanging around getting its fill of the grapes .
My question to those of you more knowledgeable than I =E2=80=93 can =
this bird be enticed to hang around if more food is provided , ie more =
grapes , apple etc or do they usually not survive the winter around =
here ( unless we have a mild winter ) do they feed on same food as =
robins or will they take seed ? ?
I know these are not =E2=80=9Crare =E2=80=9C but they seem to be not =
all that common . Is that the premise with Baltimore Orioles=20
Thanks for any help from those with any experience who have fed =
B.orioles in the past or present=20
Derek B
Dartmouth, NS
Night hath a thousand eyes.
Lyly,c.1589, Maydes Metamorphose
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 21, 2015 10:41 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Baltimore oriole</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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DISPLAY: inline'>Hi=20
Derek,<BR><BR>My advice on Orioles is don't try to make them stay the=20
winter! They can make it through, but it requires a very dedicated =
person=20
to feed them. They will eat grapes and grape jelly until it starts =
to get=20
really cold. Then they need to get peanut butter mixed with suet, =
and lots=20
of mealworms. The fats and protein are what enables them to =
survive the=20
cold. Even if you have your own mealworm colony it is difficult to =
produce=20
enough worms to give them enough to keep them alive. Then there is =
the=20
problem of making sure they and not other birds (e.g. Starlings) get to =
eat this=20
special food. You need to have a feeding cage, made of wire =
netting which=20
will allow them but not the other birds, to get into it. Some =
people=20
provide a bit of heat via lightbulbs to keep the food from =
freezing. I=20
used to put hot water in a small plastic container with a second plastic =
container attached to the lid. Food in the second container. But =
you have=20
to be home to change the water in cold weather so the whole thing =
doesn't=20
freeze.<BR><BR>Have I discouraged you? Hopefully your bird will =
move on=20
towards the more hospitable South, and all will be well. =
Sometimes,=20
though, they just don't go.<BR><BR>Lois Codling<BR>L. =
Sackville<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=3Dmoz-cite-prefix>On 20/11/2015 8:25 PM, D W Bridgehouse=20
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