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Index of Subjects --001485f77552f6d6c5049890a454 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Great Job Gayle, Suzann knows how to keep orioles alive :) Helene On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca>wrote: > There are 2 Orioles now that are coming here to my feeders. I had not been > having much luck with the oriole enclosure received from Suzann Myers. The > platform I was using was just too close to the ground and was of great > interest to some of the cats living around here so I removed it. I am making > the suet suggested by Suzann but the marauding Starlings just completely > bullied any and every other bird away and in one day, they are devouring > every single homemade suet cake, scarfing down almost all the grape jelly & > eating all the grapes. Was having abit more success getting the mealworms to > the Orioles as they are early risers and stick around a little longer in the > later afternoons 4:30 - 4:45pm time frame. However one is a little pig and > drives the other oriole away every time. > So today, I put out the enclosure again, this time placed higher off the > ground on an old sawhorse table that was halfway hidden in a corner of my > basement. I put a bowl of grapes with the ends removed, so if the skin > froze, at least they might be able to get the moisture, a bowl of melted > suet mixed with grape jelly and a warm water filled Tupperware dish, double > topped with 30 mealworms. > Lo & behold, the orioles came to it, they both went in, both ate in peace, > & didn't fight too much & were able to get in and out without much > difficulty, and Suzann's right, the bloody Starlings cannot get in! > Other birds of note coming on a daily basis, > 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, > 2 Hairy Woodpeckers > 1 Downy Woodpecker > 3 or 4 Dark-eyed Juncos > 6 White-throated Sparrows > 1 American Goldfinch > 7 Mourning Doves > 1 Northern Flicker > 5 Pigeons > 4 Black-capped Chickadees > the occasional sighting of the female Northern Cardinal > noticed 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk out front the other day flying over the houses > on the other side of the street. > and other fauna > 1 Red Squirrel > ugh! 1 Norway Rat that appears to have made his home in the neighbours rock > wall. > > Happy New Year to all! > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > -- Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net 2011 Wildlife Calendars Now Available http://www.cwrc.net/images/2011_calendar/CWRC_2011_Calendar_lo_for_web.pdf Online order form : http://www.cwrc.net/2011_calendar.shtml --001485f77552f6d6c5049890a454 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great Job Gayle, Suzann knows how to keep orioles alive :)<div><br></div><d= iv>Helene<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:47 AM= , Gayle MacLean <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:duartess2003@yahoo.= ca">duartess2003@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" = border=3D"0"><tbody><tr><td valign=3D"top" style=3D"font:inherit"><div>Ther= e are 2 Orioles now that are coming here to=A0my feeders. I had not been ha= ving much luck with the oriole enclosure received from Suzann Myers. The pl= atform I was using was just too close to the ground and was of great intere= st to some of the cats living around here so I removed it.=A0I am making th= e suet suggested by Suzann but the marauding Starlings just completely bull= ied any and every other bird away and in one day, they are devouring every = single=A0homemade suet cake, scarfing down almost all the grape jelly &= eating all the grapes. Was having abit more success getting the mealworms = to the Orioles as they are early risers and stick around a little longer in= the later afternoons 4:30 - 4:45pm time frame. However one is a little pig= and drives the other oriole away every time.</div> <div>So=A0today, I put out the enclosure again, this time placed higher off= the ground on an old sawhorse table that was=A0halfway hidden in a corner = of my basement. I put a bowl of grapes with the=A0ends removed, so if the s= kin froze, at least they might be able to get the moisture, a bowl of melte= d suet mixed with grape jelly and a warm water filled Tupperware dish, doub= le topped=A0with 30=A0mealworms.</div> <div>Lo & behold, the orioles came to it, they both went in, both ate i= n peace, & didn't fight too much & were able to get in and out = without much difficulty,=A0and Suzann's right, the bloody Starlings can= not get in!</div> <div>Other birds of note coming on a daily basis,</div> <div>1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, </div> <div>2 Hairy Woodpeckers</div> <div>1 Downy Woodpecker</div> <div>3 or 4 Dark-eyed Juncos</div> <div>6 White-throated Sparrows</div> <div>1 American Goldfinch</div> <div>7 Mourning Doves</div> <div>1 Northern Flicker</div> <div>5 Pigeons</div> <div>4 Black-capped Chickadees</div> <div>the occasional sighting of the female Northern Cardinal</div> <div>noticed 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk out front the other day flying over the h= ouses on the other side of the street.</div> <div>and other fauna</div> <div>1 Red Squirrel</div> <div>ugh! 1 Norway Rat that appears to have made his home in the neighbours= rock wall.</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Happy New Year to all!</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Gayle MacLean</div> <div>Dartmouth</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></blockquote></div><br><b= r clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Helene Van Doninck DVM<div>Cobequid Wildlife Reh= abilitation Centre</div><div>RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0</div><div>902-893-02= 53</div> <div><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">birdvet@hotma= il.com</a></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">www.= cwrc.net</a></div><div>2011 Wildlife Calendars Now Available</div><div><a h= ref=3D"http://www.cwrc.net/images/2011_calendar/CWRC_2011_Calendar_lo_for_w= eb.pdf" target=3D"_blank">http://www.cwrc.net/images/2011_calendar/CWRC_201= 1_Calendar_lo_for_web.pdf</a></div> <div>Online order form :</div><div><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net/2011_cale= ndar.shtml" target=3D"_blank">http://www.cwrc.net/2011_calendar.shtml</a></= div><div><br></div><br> </div> --001485f77552f6d6c5049890a454--
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