On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 17:43:09 -0000, "ned" wrote:

Colonel Bloomer wrote:

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Maybe the buggers are getting fussy in their old age, maybe seeds aint
what they used to be?

Well there's a truism.
I'll bet that 50 years ago, sparrers weren't being offered marijuana
seed in their bird seed mix!
But it has appeared under my feeder before now.

Possibly not in feeders, but Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is native to the UK,
so they could well have been eating it anyway.

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Stephen Poley
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