[CT Birds] Bullock's - Yes, evening

[Tammy Eustis]

Hi, Nick! Yes, we've done orange halves for the orioles (Northern) that visit our yard. I wait to hang anything until I actually see or hear them around, so I don't end up wasting produce. And we don't bother with a specially-fangled orange feeder: just take a metal garden stake and bend the ends up and back, so it looks like a very long "s". Stick an orange half down on one end (lengthwise, so the pulp faces out, not down) and hang it by the other. I used to put them in our apple tree, but that was too easy a reach for the squirrels. Now I hook them on our clothesline, and it works like a charm.
- Tammy Eustis, Chester

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Bonomo [mailto:nbonomo at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 06:14 PM
To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Bullock's - Yes, evening

Has anybody tried orange halves? Here's the report from the Schaefer's: >>From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer: 4/2/08 Canaan, 60 Orchard Street – Bullock's Oriole came to feeder at 6:00pm (1st time today) _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org