@DocCarms "The use of bird feeders is unlikely to spread highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the risk of an outbreak in wild bird species that frequent feeders is considered low. However, feeders should be removed from areas that are open to poultry and other domestic animals."
Like, watching birds? Awesome. But feeding them? Maybe it's a home ownership thing? Don't they just stick into the roof, and cause property damage and drafts/leaks?
We don't feed native birds, it's not good for them.
But we do have a large round ceramic bird bath which we upkeep with fresh water (unless it's rained). The families of birds around us all use it, but the white cockatoos seem to think they own it!!!!
It also allows us to watch them alot. They've worked out we're not here to harm them.
i dont feed them. But i have a dripping faucet outside, and i put a chipped bowl under it. Since i live in the southwest, and it's very dry....i have become a minor bird celebrity.
Living in the subarctic means that all wildlife here is precarious. One bad season can be devastating to the bird population. The Icelandic bird conservation society has pretty good advice on how to feed the birds to give them a bit of a buffer than makes them likelier to survive a bad season.
In the warm weather, I keep a plate of peanuts hung on my patio for the birds. Last summer there was a cardinal who waited for me to come out every morning to have breakfast with me. If I was late he'd sit outside my window and call.
Not in my yard, because I live on top of a feral cat colony, so I'd really be feeding them to the cats if I did that. I do feed ducks sometimes though.
I donβt have a birdfeeder (and setting one up on my apartment balcony would be difficult for various reasons), but I havenβt _never_ fed ducks at a pond or lake.
I have spare feeders and rotate them so I can keep them clean. I definitely feed them, but I follow the advice of our local Dept. of Natural Resources and I did take them down temporarily at one time.
I also discourage the neighbour's cats from coming onto our property.
My qualified yes is that I feed the birds over winter and wean them off in the spring.
I will probably wean them off early this year as H5N1 is coming with migratory birds and I don't want to encourage greater spread or risk catching it myself (highly unlikely).
I also stop feeding and watering them when avian conjunctivitis or other bird diseases are on the rise.
I do. I sometimes feed the sparrows too. It gives me an enormous sense of well-being. And then I'm happy for the rest of the day, safe in the knowledge that there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it.
cats in our hood (hell, our house alone) means Iβd be setting them up for death, but I feed them at Nickβs father in lawβs house. (I fill the feeders).
I am a strong yes. We grow native plants in our garden to support both berry- and seed-eating birds but also to support the insects that insectivores want.
We also have bird-feeders in the winter, which are apparently good for some species.
we kept half our property native, most of the other half is taken up by the house. We are planting for the deer and the birds and whatever else was here, and while waiting for those to become ample, we have feeders of various types. We have small enclosure around individual fruit trees and part of the front yard. The enclosures are small enough that, once the trees are established, the lower branches will hang outside the enclosures.
ah! If you count not harvesting fruit plants and trees, then yes, I should have voted higher up. Just not a fan of the artificial feed many garden centers here (π³π±) sell. Itβs superfluous if thereβs no snow on the ground (less and less the case)
I don't feed wild birds because in my town this means... hundred of pigeons. I don't hate pigeons, they're part of the ecosystem, but it's our duty to prevent them to proliferate too much. They're far too much intelligent for the sparrows, which population is decreasing rapidly.
BUT my mum owns a very old cockatiel, 21 turning 22 this december, who had a beak or tongue problem this january and couldn't feed himself. We hand fed him with liquid baby/chick formula for almost three weeks. He almost died, but later he recovered and now he is back to his normal weight.
Joe Gregorio
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•Evan Prodromou
•https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/migratory-game-bird-hunting/avian-influenza-wild-birds.html
Avian influenza in wild birds - Canada.ca
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•... never understood feeding birds.
Like, watching birds? Awesome. But feeding them? Maybe it's a home ownership thing? Don't they just stick into the roof, and cause property damage and drafts/leaks?
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•Evan Prodromou
•Aroha Groves
•But we do have a large round ceramic bird bath which we upkeep with fresh water (unless it's rained). The families of birds around us all use it, but the white cockatoos seem to think they own it!!!!
It also allows us to watch them alot. They've worked out we're not here to harm them.
Evan Prodromou
•https://www.audubon.org/news/11-tips-feeding-backyard-birds
Aroha Groves
•Here, birds are still wild and it's better if they can feed themselves, rather than becoming dependant.
This means placing emphasis on maintaining natural habitats. Many eat insects too.
Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)
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•(154 votes, with a breakdown of 25%-25%-24%-26%)
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•kechpaja
•(Remember not to feed them bread!)
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•Evan Prodromou
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•just read the instructions
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Blaidd Drwg
•I also discourage the neighbour's cats from coming onto our property.
Packy Anderson
•alisonborealis
•I will probably wean them off early this year as H5N1 is coming with migratory birds and I don't want to encourage greater spread or risk catching it myself (highly unlikely).
I also stop feeding and watering them when avian conjunctivitis or other bird diseases are on the rise.
Todd Graham
•Wintee
•And then I'm happy for the rest of the day, safe in the knowledge that there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it.
#parklife
Lucas Gonze
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•tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Evan Prodromou
•I am a strong yes. We grow native plants in our garden to support both berry- and seed-eating birds but also to support the insects that insectivores want.
We also have bird-feeders in the winter, which are apparently good for some species.
Thanks to everyone who responded.
Evan Prodromou
•https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092678564/north-american-birds-are-in-decline-here-are-8-simple-ways-you-can-help
And a good episode of Short Wave:
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157683890/life-kit-help-save-the-north-american-bird-population
Joseph A di Paolantonio
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•Mallory
•Evan Prodromou
•Mallory
•Oloturia
•BUT my mum owns a very old cockatiel, 21 turning 22 this december, who had a beak or tongue problem this january and couldn't feed himself. We hand fed him with liquid baby/chick formula for almost three weeks. He almost died, but later he recovered and now he is back to his normal weight.
Stefan Monnier
•Evan Prodromou
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