"jim" wrote in message
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On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:40:29 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

Inge Jones2/4/04 3:22
@te xt.giganews.com
snip
It's okay to have peanuts but they should be in tough, small mesh,
feeders.
This means the birds only peck tiny bits off and don't take whole nuts
which
they then stuff down the throats of their hapless offspring, choking them
to
death.

Does this really happen? Has anyone ever found a dead chick with a
whole peanut stuck in its throat?

regards
jim

Well the RSPB has dismissed this worry, saying the birds seems perfectly
capable of knowing how and what to feed their young.
Duncan