What do you feed the birds?

[Fishboy]

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Birds? Did someone say "birds"?

Brian, are you asking about feeding birds in Hawaii, in Washington?

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LOL, yeah, birds Les. Nice to hear from you. I'm in Washington, but I'm wrestling with the whole idea of maintaining a feeding station for wild birds. I don't see an ecological need to supplement the food stocks available to wild birds during the summer and fall seasons, and have asked for advice from this forum.

On the one hand, it's cool to watch juncos, chickadees, and grossbeaks out our kitchen window, but the feeder makes such a mess in the garden underneath that there's a trade-off; kind of a pleasure\pain deal.

On the other hand, I'll put the seed and humming bird feeders out during the winter. I feel strongly that our humming bird feeder has increased the survivorship of year-round resident species and is responsible for our having several more birds than "usual" around all year.

What do you think?

Mahalo nui loa,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour

Edited by - fishboy on 09/06/2007 01:32:46