I use the cheapest grape jelly I can find, and have not had an oriole pass it up, or a catbird for that matter. However, I have read that the jelly jars are dangerous to use. Once the jelly gets to a low level, the bird can get caught in the jar as it goes in and can get trapped and die. A few places have discontinued selling them. Something to think about. I use an oriole feeder I bought on ebay a few years ago. It has 2 cups for jelly, and two places for oranges. It's also covered and is made of recycled plastic. The birds love it.

Anyone have an idea? It could be a female but looks a bit different.

Tom, It's so cool that you're still seeing them. I've been watching but none yet. Here's a site that has month-by-month migration on Baltimore and Bullock Orioles: Oriole migration I couldn't find any info on whether the males and females migrate separately. It appears that they will winter in Florida from September through March. I found it interesting that older migration maps such as my Audubon Field Guide from 1977 (even found other maps online as late as 1985) show them wintering in Mexico and south with no mention of wintering in Florida. However, newer maps show Florida as a main wintering ground. Global warming? I know that they like sugar water and fruit juice, especially oranges, so I' not surprised they are using your hummingbird feeders. Enjoy your birds, Rhonda

Here in north central Minnesota, in the summertime, we have orioles all at the orange and grape jelly feeders, but this year they were at the hummingbird feeders many times. One morning, a whole family (I assumed) was at a couple of the latter......one strident male and three lesser colored ones that I assumed were the female and young ones that didn't have their bright color yet.