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My neighbor told me to put out grape jelly for orioles... I was skeptical at first
So my neighbor Dave insisted that grape jelly would bring orioles to my yard here in Ohio. I thought he was messing with me because it sounded too simple. But I tried it anyway last weekend, put a little dish of it near my feeder. Sure enough, two male orioles showed up within three hours and kept coming back all afternoon. Has anyone else had this work or did I just get lucky?
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jessew8313d ago
Wait, did you just put it in a regular dish or did you use one of those little oriole feeders with the flower shapes around the cup... I've read that some people have better luck with the grape jelly if they put it in a shallow dish so the birds can see it glisten. I'm curious because I'm in Michigan and we get orioles passing through but they never seem to stop long, and I bet the jelly would keep them around if they could find it easier.
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aaron_wilson1712d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly I think people overthink this. I just put grape jelly in a plastic takeout container lid and stuck it on a deck railing. Orioles found it in two hours. They don't care about fancy flower shapes or reflection. I'm in Ohio so similar migration pattern. Your birds probably aren't stopping because they're just passing through not because they can't see the jelly. They have good eyes.
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