Re: birdfood

I'm sure they'll be fine. Sounds cute. 
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/29/2005 12:36:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] birdfood
>
> That's awful!  I'm sure the birds don't need anymore chemicals in their 
> diet!
>
> Speaking of birds- sometime recently (before all hell broke loose in my 
> house)I was out front mowing the yard and saw lots of little fluffy grey 
> feathers, then lots of blue scrubjay feathers.  Clearly someone got 
> eaten- probably by the hawk that's been hanging around my house.  Well- 
> later that day I had 5 immature scrub jays hopping around my backyard 
> with NO adult with them.  I can only assume that the parent likely died 
> trying to protect her young.  So the young ones are about full size, but 
> they don't have their mature coloring, and they are so clueless.  They 
> don't know how to eat out of the bird feeders, and they aren't wary of 
> people.  I put sunflower chips out on the ledge near the birdbath for 
> them to eat- so hopefully they can finish growing.  I had forgeten about 
> them over the past few days- but this evening when I got home, all 5 
> were still around- and 2 of them have even figured out that there is 
> food in the platform feeder!  So, hopefully they'll continue to survive 
> with my feeding help.
>
> Theresa
>
> Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:
>
> >I heard quite a bit of chatter outside my window the other day, so I had
to
> >check.  Mom and Dad Cardinal were showing the youngster the ropes.  They
> >were checking out the birdbath which I keep filled with fresh water.  It
> >made me think I should check the bird feeder.  (I don't worry about that
> >much in summer, but still..)  This feeder holds a lot of seed so I don't
> >fill it often.  It was EMPTY!
> >
> >So, just now I picked up a 10# bag of Oil of Sunflower, everybody's
> >favorite.  But while looking for it at WalMart I found "Trail Mix"
birdfood
> >and other mixes.  They sounded yummy even from my perspective...and then
I
> >saw it...the last ingredient was artificial berry flavoring, artificial
> >cherry flavoring.  Since when do birds require artificial flavorings?
> >What's wrong with the ingredients in these blends that the birds need the
> >flavor enhanced?
> >
> >Kitty
> >
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