Date: 5/7/26 1:36 pm From: Carol Riddell via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Fruit Feeders
Fruit feeders are used in the Western Hemisphere tropics because they successfully entice birds that are fruit eaters. They have some success in southern border and Gulf of Mexico states where there are some resident and migrant fruit eaters. In our area we use seeds and suet (and dried mealworms) because that is what works with our bird population. Our birds that eat such fruits as elderflower berries, blackberries, blueberries, and evergreen huckleberries, are only doing so in season and would not be coming to a feeder for a half orange or a banana. If one lives in an area in which Bullock’s Orioles pass through on migration, one might get a few hits on a half orange but it would be for a very limited period of time. I tried the half orange approach once many years ago during migration. I was targeting a Bullock’s Oriole but so few are ever noted in the Edmonds area that it was not successful. There were no hits of any kind on the half orange.
