AUDUBON ORIOLE FEEDER

 (17 customer reviews)

This is the number 1 selling oriole feeder at our store. Orioles love grape jelly and also will often eat from hummingbird nectar feeders. They also love oranges. This feeder gives you all three options for feeding. You can attach an orange by stabbing it through the hook, there are solid pockets for grape jelly and you can put nectar in the feeder. I have two of these feeders in my yard and I fill the grape jelly pockets at least twice daily. I've tried some other oriole feeders that have just jelly cups and places to put oranges and the orioles in my area always go only to this feeder. I stopped putting nectar in the feeder because of the larger holes on the feeding ports. The feeder just got too full of insects, plus the orioles only wanted the jelly anyway. Other birds like finches will also come eat the jelly, but the orioles never are shy about chasing them off when they want to eat.

This is a pretty good product--it's good that there's a place for an orange and jelly, as the orioles seem to prefer that. Bees, however, seem to really like the nectar, and have no trouble getting in to swim and die a sweet death. Have to keep scooping bumble bee bodies out--don't know if that discourages the orioles from drinking the nectar. It would me! Otherwise, I like it--it hangs evenly from the pole and is easy to clean and fill.

I was skeptical because I had never seen orioles in my area, but within days of putting up this feeder they were visiting me. Don't even bother with the nectar because it molds very quickly and attracts bees. The birds prefer grape jelly and clean it out daily. They seem a little shy, so I recommend moving the feeder away from the house, but still within view. The ant mote is a great feature.