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Originally Posted by kay
RSPB site warns against fats in summer for two reasons 1) that it's not very good for nestlings b) that (particularly home made) fat products may go rancid quickly in the warm weather
But everyone still seems to be recommending fat for winter feeding.
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And, thinking about it, our birds ignore fat in the summer, when our garden is stuffed with alternative insect food. So nowadays I feed fat only in the winter.
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