Also, make sure you don't set out ANY strings or yarns longer than 6 inches. Parents or babies can get tangled or even strangled in long strings. How Orioles Fill the Bill Photo by Chan Robins. How much of each they eat depends on what's available. Usually, they eat mostly insects in spring and early summer during breeding.
Fruits make up more of their diet from midsummer into fall, when fruits have ripened.
They take nectar whenever flowers are in bloom, which is mostly during spring and summer. During their tropical winter they eat all three. If anyone ever told you to quit gaping, you know that your mouth was hanging open. Gaping is important if you're an oriole or other member of the blackbird family. This whole family practices this special type of feeding.