do hummingbirds prefer jelly? (1 Viewer)

I’ve always had a hummingbird feeder and I’d get the occasional humming bird twice a year, but this spring orioles started coming to it and trying to get nectar out of it, so I just switched it for an oriole feeder which the bottom is filled with nectar and the top filled with grape jelly, they love it and are at it constantly. however hummingbirds have also been showing up daily and not even touching the nectar, just eating the jelly. The old hummingbird feeder is broken but I kinda wanna buy a new one and put it out for them, I’m not even sure if they would go to it though? And I’m not sure if I should put it in the same location as the oriole feeder since the orioles do come and scare the humming birds away. I didn’t even know hummingbirds would show up for jelly

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When I watched the hummers going to my jelly feeders, I realized that they were going after the bugs crawling around the jelly

My first and only encounter with a humming bird was in San Diego; it frightened me - I thought it was a giant insect. My wife and I live in New Jersey and she told me a humming bird appeared in front of our house one day. 61 years in Jersey and I have yet to spot one. My wife said it was beautiful and an amazing flyer.