BAC wrote:
However, once the cold season is out of the way and there
is no food aplenty in the countryside around here we stop the peanuts,
fatballs, and seeds.

Well done.

Thanks. I have to admit though, that the expense of bird food is part
of the reason for stopping the feeding once ice & cold are gone. To
give you an example of what it is like round here, in this part of
Shropshire where there are lots of woods: I put out three fat balls last
night and this evening they have been completely consumed. I put them
inside a seed-feeder too, so none breaks off and falls to the ground,
i.e. I make them work for it! But in 3 in 24 hours! As for the
seed-feeder, it's a tall one, and it is emptied within 12 hours!

I do charity, but not excessively! :-)

Eddy.