My Trader Joe's strawberry preserve ingredients are: strawberries, liquid sugar, sugar, water (Sugar contains 2% or less of lemon juice concentrate), pectin.
I thought this seemed ok - is it? THe orioles seem to like the strawberry just fine. Thank you. Nancy On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 9:34 PM Steve Donohue <sdonohue1...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a big issue. We need to fight for the poor species that > unwittingly feed on these potential poisons - put out by either uninformed > birders, or birders that just don't care. > > On Wed, May 8, 2024, 8:36 PM Ken Haas <waxw...@htva.net> wrote: > >> I agree with Marie. However there is an alternative. Last year I found a >> product called “Bird Jelly”. It is manufactured by Lizzie Mae’s Bird Seed >> and Dry Good in Millersburg, OH. Go to www.LizzieMaesBirdSeed.com. >> Ingredients: Cane sugar, Grapes, water, pectin, Lemon Juice, Citric Acid. >> It says on the label that it is an “Excellent choice for all jelly eating >> birds”. Also says NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. I’ve used this last year and >> the Orioles and Catbirds seem to really like it, and I think it is better >> for them than jelly bought in a grocery store made for human consumption. I >> found this at the Wild Bird Center in Horseheads, NY. Oh, and it is grape >> flavored. Says on the label “Amish Farm to Backyard Feeder". “Let the birds >> get their jam on!”. I’ve got an 18 oz. jar for $8. >> >> Ken Haas >> Mecklenburg >> www.KenHaasPhotos.com >> >> >> >> On May 3, 2024, at 8:14 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> >> Thanks for this reminder, John. I always feel a sense of despair when I >> know people are feeding grape jelly or any other fruit preserve. Complete >> with added flavorings and colors. Killjoy that I am, I view it as junk >> food for birds. (Yes I know that sugar water could be considered that too). >> My orioles get oranges, period! And BTW catbirds and woodpeckers also like >> oranges. >> Marie >> >> Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* bounce-128189088-5851...@list.cornell.edu < >> bounce-128189088-5851...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of John Gregoire < >> johnandsuegrego...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, May 3, 2024 6:08:06 PM >> *To:* Carl Steckler <simmshil...@gmail.com> >> *Cc:* CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> >> *Subject:* Re: [cayugabirds-l] Grape Jelly >> >> Please be careful with this as many birds can be sickened by other than >> pure cane sugars. Most other non-organic jellies contain ingredients I >> would not consume let alone feed to the birds. 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