Date: 5/6/26 3:28 pm From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fruit Feeders?
Like Hans, I have seen a lot of birds coming to cut oranges, even at Malheur NWR in southern Oregon, where they attracted Western Tanagers. And I know people in the East attract Baltimore Orioles that way.
Unfortunately, our common fruit-eaters such as robins and waxwings don’t seem to be attracted to feeders, fruit or not. I suspect you wouldn’t get a lot of visitors here, but why not try it? In the tropics, of course, they use bananas as well, and those are really attractive to a whole host of fruit-eaters.
Dennis Paulson
Seattle
> On May 6, 2026, at 2:33 PM, Hans-Joachim Feddern via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
>
> Jim,
> I don't know about here but at the birding areas at South Padre Island (SPI), Texas they use oranges cut in half. It attracts warblers, orioles, tanagers etc.
>
> Hans
>
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters...> <mailto:<tweeters...>> wrote:
> Hi,
> We live in Skagit County. On our recent trip to Ecuador all of the
> birding
> lodges we stayed at and birding locations ("reserves") put out fruit feeders
> that were very popular with a wide range of species. We've only used
> seed and suet feeders.
>
> ===> Have you tried any kind of fruit feeders here in Western Washington?
> Worked? Problems/challenges? What fruits work best? What
> fruits don't work at all? Are there other types of feed
> that work
> well (breads?)? Do you get different species due to using
> fruit?
> - Jim
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