Re: trains in the garden/birds

makes sense to me. the peeps wouldn't have any grit in their craws to grind up the seed--unless the nest has a sandy floor :>)


At 01:35 PM 12/29/02 -0500, you wrote:
Cathy,
Maybe it's an urban legend, but I understood that birds don't feed seeds to
their babes: they can't process it for that purpose.  They need insects and
worms.    But then, I haven't read the WSJ article.   My theory had been
that the birds would eat at the feeder for themselves and go on to gather
insects to feed their young.
Janet


on 12/29/2002 10:39 AM, Donna at justme@prairieinet.net wrote:

> Cathy,
> I go thru a lot of seed... don't think cooking it would work here.
>
> Did not see the article in WSJ. Hightlights? Seems the birds around here
> find enough to eat during the summer months and just munch at the bird
> feeders. Come winter they seem to depend on them.
>
> Donna
>
>> On the subject of bird feeders, did anyone read the article on that
>> subject on the front page of the Wall Street Journal? The thrust being
>> that some believe they are doing birds more harm than good.
>> Cathy
>
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