Woodlink NAO1 Audubon Classic Oriole Feeder

With its big bright orange surface pointed skyward his feeder does a great job of attacting migrating Orioles. It holds nectar, grape jelly, and an orange half for feeding options. The reason for the 4 star, instead of 5, is that the combined 4 jelly wells only hold about 2 ounces of jelly and the jelly is by far the food of choice for migrating Orioles. I have not seen an Oriole drink the nectar (and this feeder is primarily a nectar feeder. I have seen an occasional hummingbird feed from the nectar, but most of it gets dumped (you need to keep it fresh and full enough that the birds can reach it). Spring Orioles (at least in SE Michigan) have a tremendous appetite for grape jelly. I use another feeder that has an 8 oz jelly cup (and a place to put orange halves). I have to had to fill that 8oz cup every day. Too soon to tell how many of the birds will be staying for the summer. Most are moving further north.While the Orioles in my yard don't use this nearly as much as a second (primarily jelly) feeder I have, I still like that the big bright surface may help attract migrating birds.

This seemed like such a good idea, but I have never seen one bird at it. I have a hanging Jelly Feeder, too, and that is VERY well-used. That one holds about 8oz. of Birdberry or Grape jelly, and I must refill it every 2 days or so.As for this one, I have never seen an Oriole, or even a Hummingbird at it. I believe that is because Orioles prefer jelly to nectar, and the nectar reservoir is too deep for Hummingbirds. The jelly containers on this are small, and the jelly dries out quickly, so that's why it might be gong un-eaten. I have never tried attaching an orange, because it is unwieldy to do so.This is a pain to clean, too....which must be done every day or so, as nectar attracts bugs and mold.

The Orioles in our San Diego suburban neighborhood like this feeder just fine, especially fledglings who appear to be supplementing their efforts to hunt more natural food on their own. They rarely sip the nectar, but enjoy grape jam, an occasional meal-worm, and a variety of fruits. We leave our hummingbird feeders out all year, but use the Oriole feeder seasonally since Orioles migrate after nesting season is over. The main negative so far is that the metal hook has RUSTED where it screws into the plastic center part, possibly due to acids from fruit. I hope it doesn't break there!04/09/17 Update: Orioles are migratory in our area, and I've been storing the feeder in my house after the fledglings follow their parents south to Mexico. However, the plastic part holding the metal hook broke during the first year. I "fixed" it with a washer and glue, and the acrobatic Orioles don't seem to mind that it's all wobbly. The shiny finish disappeared the second year, resulting in purple and red stains which cannot be removed with dish soap and water. I ordered a new Woodlink Oriole feeder only because they're now being offered at less than half the price I paid two or three years ago.04/11/17 Update: Disregard previous update, as order was canceled due to a technical problem even though item still being offered for $5 more.

Reallg, no stars. Item will not hang level. The base, where the hanging rod screws in, is apparently not seated correctly, so the rod is not straight. I will either have to set up my shepherd's crook that I hang it from off-kilter or improvise another method of hanging. Not worth the hassle of trying to return it in the current health emergency, with my usual UPS pick-up (like everything else) closed.

I rated this 4 stars rather than 5 because the jelly stations needs to be deeper. I have to refill the jelly twice a day because the jelly station does not hold much jelly. The Orioles love eating jelly and oranges. They do drink the nectar but not as much as the jelly and orange. I peel a whole orange and sit it on top of the feeder and use the hanger to support it. The orange lasts for 2 days. Cleanup is easy.

We've had some sunflower seed feeders going for a couple months with lots of the standard visitors (finches, cardinals, doves, sparrows, etc., etc.). A few weeks ago I happened to catch a strange yellow bird briefly land in the yard and then disappear. It took me a bit of research to discover that it was a female Baltimore Oriole. I had never seen one in person in my life so it was pretty exciting. I put out a green bowl with some grape jelly and waited a week with no results. Because of all the great reviews I decided to try out this feeder and while I imagine that others with the bright orange color would also do the trick I can happily report that using only a small amount of grape jelly it managed to lure in a female Oriole in less than 24 hours. Excited to see if we can now attract some males too. This is a nitpick (and I'm probably just an inexperienced bird feeder) but I'm glad that there was a picture on the box with grape jelly in the little side containers (I thought these were more perches) because I wouldn't have known otherwise where to put it. My instinct was to fill the "ant moat" but that seemed like a lot of jelly! Very happy with this though and I didn't realize that you could fill it with sugar water too and also display an orange on it. Highly recommended.

The Oriels really seemed to like this orange feeder better than the red one I have...both were set up the same way, with hummingbird food in the outer ring and grape jelly in the large center cavity.Must be cleaned frequently...by the end of the summer...even with regular cleaning (not scrubbing) it was hard to get the stains out...we did with bleach and hubby's elbow grease. We will also move away from the deck. As much as I love to see the hummingbirds and oriels so close, it does attract tons of bees and ants. I don't think that can be helped