On 11/3/08 02:39, in article , "Anne
Jackson" wrote:

The message from Eddy contains
these words:
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! :-)

So when the eggs hatch the parent birds that have come to rely on
your feeders for food find that there is none available...and there's
no fruit or seeds available until the autumn?

Perhaps you'd be better not to put food in your garden at all?


http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/helpin...whentofeed.asp

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'