Making home made Oriole Bird Feeder Mixture with this Oriole Nectar Recipe is easy. Boil six-parts water to one-part sugar cane. Completely cool the nectar before putting in feeder. Unused nectar may be stored for up to three weeks in the refrigerator.

During cool weather nectar placed in a feeder can last up to a week.

When weather drops below freezing, you might consider pulling in your feeder at night and storing it in the refrigerator at night, and/or swapped during the day (with a feeder in the refrigerator).

During hotter weather, nectar will need to be replaced every 3-4 days.

Do not use food coloring and do not use honey, as there is no study that shows any benefit and using honey can be fatal. LEARN MORE >>>>

In order to keep your Orioles happy, feeders should be thoroughly cleaned with hot water each time the nectar is changed or re-filled. Once a month, a diluted bleach solution should be used to soak the feeder for an hour. Do not clean your feeders with soap or place in the dishwasher.

When first putting out a feeder, it may be best to put it away from your house, in an area visible from above, but less distracting. Ideally near tress or vegetation that the Oriole may frequent may be ideal. Feeders near houses are less likely to be seen. Additionally, movement from inside the house may scare the Oriole away. Once you have some Orioles visiting your feeder, you may wish to move closer to your house for better viewing.

Other Nectar Sources for Orioles include the following flowers: tubular flowers, lilies, aloes, agaves, and hibiscus. Besides nectar Orioles will eat many kinds of insects, including a large variety of caterpillars. Orioles like many kinds of fruit including but not limited to blackberries, mulberries, elderberries and service berries.

Orioles are also common visitors to bird feeding stations that have orange halves, suet, peanut butter mixtures, grapes, watermelon pulp or rind as well as other kinds of fruits.