We also got a couple of these this morning, rose-breasted grosbeak.

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I saw a pair yesterday in Massachusetts. I looked in the fridge for grape jelly but I'll have to try using oranges like you have. I have an orange nectar feeder but I have never seen them use it before. The squirrels keep on getting the grape jelly

We finally have them....North Missouri! We live in the country. Two years ago we had a baby oriole fall into the bed of our truck and a male tried to coax him into flying out but we never saw that he made it out; he kept falling where we were unable to get him When Winter came that year I found the nest hanging in that tree he had fallen out of. Then this year I found another nest still in the tree but it had to be a different one as the location had changed. Last year I put out the jelly feeder but I lost interest in it because I never saw anything there. I didn't even put out a nectar feeder. But they must have been around thus the nest. So this year, my husband said he had seen them so I put out the jelly jar feeder. It is working! I added some oranges a couple days ago and they have found it and now I'm seeing several. I have seen 2 females at one time and 3 males for sure so I don't know how many we actually have. I am paying attention to new bird sounds and hearing them for the first time. I am so excited!! lol They are hitting the nectar feeder too. Yippee! I have a question though....there have been 2 birds fighting to get the jelly and I don't know what they are; never have seen them before. They are smaller, probably sparrow size with black heads, back and wings but have dark rust breasts. Any ideas?

Looking through my Audubon field guide I see a Rufous-sided Towhee has a black head, back and wings but looks larger than a sparrow. A Black-headed Grosbeak and Orchard Orioles with those features. I don't see anything the size of a sparrow matching that description for your area.

On another forum someone thought that it was an Orchard Oriole. I looked it up and sure enough...that is what I saw! I had never seen one before! Thanks for checking!

My husband saw an Orchard Oriole last week by we haven't seen any since. We put the nectar and jelly feeder out, but I am loosing interest too, thinking it is all in vain.