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<br& This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01D12531.510C7090 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01D12531.510C7090 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: = #000000"> <DIV>Hi Lois =E2=80=93 Wow</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thankyou for the advice and word s of wisdom =E2=80=93 hoping = nature will take its=20 course and the BO will find its way to warmer climes !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks =E2=80=93 DB </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: = #000000"><BR>Night=20 hath a thousand eyes.<BR>Lyly,c.1589, Maydes Metamorphose</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: = "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; = DISPLAY: inline'> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Dloiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca">Lois Codling</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 21, 2015 10:41 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Baltimore oriole</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: = "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; = 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 wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=3Dmid:C45E9C40D4CE4A538DB42267769F5351@DerekHP = type=3D"cite"> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New