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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_/nVvCZn2vsAqV5DpNZB/gg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Tom, > My QUESTION is what would be the best "food" to fill the Oriole feeder with? I don't think the > humming bird food is the best and I know that the home made sugar water solution is even > worse (false food). I've thought of trying a grape juice but I was wondering if anyone knows > of a better mix. The 'food' with the least risk is a granulated white sugar/water mixture (in a 6 to 1 water to sugar ratio) using boiled water to ensure that you are feeding a sterile 'food'. I have seen references to using grape juice instead of a sugar solution but be wary about using any juice that might have had hanging around opened for a while. You can also try putting out a small bowl of grape jelly to supplement whole grapes or orange halves and the solution. Again, a fresh jar of jelly is preferable to one that might of have been around for a while. All the best, Lance --Boundary_(ID_/nVvCZn2vsAqV5DpNZB/gg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff>> </FONT></SPAN>My QUESTION is what would be the best "food" to fill the Oriole feeder with? I don't think the <SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff>></FONT> </SPAN>humming bird food is the best and I know that the home made sugar water solution is even <SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff>></FONT> </SPAN>worse (false food). I've thought of trying a grape juice but I was wondering if anyone knows <SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff>></FONT> </SPAN>of a better mix.<SPAN class=166275320-14112007><FONT color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007>The 'food' with the least risk is a granulated white sugar/water mixture (in a 6 to 1 water to sugar ratio) using boiled water to ensure that you are feeding a sterile 'food'. I have seen references to using grape juice instead of a sugar solution but be wary about using any juice that might have had hanging around opened for a while. You can also try putting out a small bowl of grape jelly to supplement whole grapes or orange halves and the solution</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007>. Again, a fresh jar of jelly is preferable to one that might of have been around for a while.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007>All the best,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=166275320-14112007>Lance</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_/nVvCZn2vsAqV5DpNZB/gg)--
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