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Perhaps too reductive, but it was not that long ago that poisoned dog food from china was mass killing pets. Perhaps people should learn from the old adage: s
by yeuxardents 5y ago
Perhaps too reductive, but it was not that long ago that poisoned dog food from china was mass killing pets.
Perhaps people should learn from the old adage:
stop feeding the animals... (with tainted bulk food you bought at lowes/homedepot mass produced in China)?
- JonathonW 5y agoThis is something they're considering, too, and part of the reason that it's recommended to put away your bird feeders in impacted areas. But, mostly, they're concerned that whatever's going on is contagious and could potentially spread when birds congregate at feeders. It's hard to convince birds to social distance.
- tzs 5y agoI was too lazy and/or insufficiently confident in my mediocre handyman skills to put up bird feeders, so I just put little piles of seeds on the railing of my deck with maybe 4" (10 cm) between adjacent piles. As a side effect, I get nicely social distanced animals. During the most crowded times there are still ~3x as many piles as there are simultaneous diners.
- fogihujy 5y agoIf you want to feed animals, make sure you have plenty of insects around. They're the bottom of the food chain and if you have lots of insects around then the birds will come for them. The other night we had a bunch of seagulls hunting butterflies and moths above us. At first we thought they were attacking us, but after a few times we noticed they were simply hunting. Their prey, in their turn, are mostly busy devouring a patch of nettles on a slope at the end of our property, and so they're keeping the nettles in check AND the birds fed. As a bonus, I don't have to mow the lawn either.