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Should we feed the birds all year round? We do but are we doing more
harm than good?

I personally only feed in winter, but the RSPB says all year is OK :
http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpin...whentofeed.asp

We get a fairly wide variety of birds in our town (Rotterdam) garden :
http://www.ljconline.nl/garden/Plant...onth/Birds.htm

The other day there was a large parakeet !! I didn't manage to get a photo
but here's one on Flikr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinusmauritius/9214508/

Jenny