"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Don't forget water too, most of it out there is frozen solid and the birds
need to find some to drink. They use the filter outfall into our pond
which always stays unfrozen.


The overflow pipe from my neighbour's toilet is dripping [has been for
months - her landlord keeps putting off fixing it]. I watched to day as a
whole host of different birds lined up to take turns perching on the pipe -
bit of a job for the doves - and sipped the water from it.

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Kathy