Feeding grape jelly to orioles? Raptor group says it’s killing hummingbirds
Jun 05, 2023 10:19AM ● By Content Editor
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By Declan Desmond - Bring Me The News - June 5, 2023
A Wisconsin wildlife group is blowing the whistle on a trend gaining popularity among birders: grape jelly feeders.
As REGI explains, grape jelly may serve as a convenient nutritional pick-me-up for certain birds, but "hummingbirds are so different than other birds" — as "almost everything about them from their feathers to their method of flight is different and in conflict with encountering sticky material."
To read the full story, visit the Bring Me The News site here.
By Declan Desmond - Bring Me The News - June 5, 2023
A Wisconsin wildlife group is blowing the whistle on a trend gaining popularity among birders: grape jelly feeders.
As REGI explains, grape jelly may serve as a convenient nutritional pick-me-up for certain birds, but "hummingbirds are so different than other birds" — as "almost everything about them from their feathers to their method of flight is different and in conflict with encountering sticky material."
To read the full story, visit the Bring Me The News site here.
