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Srvb
05-08-2013
05:43 AM ET (US)
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I remember when i was a child and my father took me to Donper America to take breakfast. That week i was studying birds at school and the pigeons were my favorite ones and refused to believe that there were other type of birds so whenever i fed a bird i imagined that it was a pigeon. I think that bird feeding is one of the first steps that a child should take in his relationship with animals.
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James
03-17-2005
09:17 AM ET (US)
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I agree that feeding donuts to birds is a bad idea. I do
have comments about the message from CAROLINABIRDS.
I do not recall seeing medical data that such foods are
direct carcinogens to humans, nevermind birds. There
are many causes of cancer, and those ingredients are a
cause of ill health and overweight, but cancer ??? Do
birds even get cancer ? What kinds ? What are the
scientific/research statistics ? Is there any direct
evidence that donuts are killing birds via cancer?
Seagulls seem to thrive on the food from dumps & landfills,
they seem to be doing ok, as are starlings and some other
garbage-eating birds. Vultures love a nice rotten rabbit
or other road kill... want to try a taste (it's loaded with
bacteria) ?
Wild food, berries, fruit, flowers etc, may indeed have
vitamins, minerals, etc... but which ones in what quantity ?
Birds also eat many things which are poisonous to humans:
various insects, berries from pokeweed & poison ivy, etc.
If they can eat that they can handle a donut now and then.
Donuts from a health food store or juice bar or any other
type of 'natural' source may indeed be good for some birds.
I agree that donuts and other 'people food' should NOT
be fed to wild birds. But there are much more important
threats to birds, habitats, and the ecosystem in total
than worrying about a small (relative) amount of donut
consumption. I guess we should quit feeding anything to
our yard birds... it's un-natural... and seed foods like
niger are not native US plant species anyways. What about
suet ??? Beef fat is no good... will birds start falling
out of the sky due to clogged arteries and heart attacks ?
Hysteria.
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Steve Holzman  03-16-2005
05:33 PM ET (US)
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This is the one I was referring to:
Georgia birders,
The recently posted Georgia RBA contained the following statement: "From Grady County, Jim Flynn reported that on Sunday he saw 20 Baltimore Orioles in Cairo coming to a feeder. The owner is feeding them powdered donuts. There are lots of Baltimore Orioles in some southern counties
and the people feed them powdered donuts, this may be something we should try."
Please let folks know that feeding donuts is bad for the birds! A similar recent discussion of this topic on the CAROLINABIRDS email list mentioned the following information:
Nowadays bird nutrition experts recommend not feeding birds "junk food"-type baked goods. Like human teenagers, Orioles and other birds often fail to choose good nutrition over junk food when presented with the choice.
See this web page for more info:
www.wildbirdshop.com/Birding/feedfaq.html#Feedfaq6
Feeding donuts, honey buns, and other junk to birds (Orioles) also feeds them partially hydrogenated oils, saturated fats and other carcinogens. Doing so can also cause the birds to fill up on rubbish, instead of seeking
out vitamin-filled berries, fruit, flowers (such as Camellia sasanqua) and other cures for their "sweet tooth." Donuts also frequently contain dyes made from
petroleum byproducts.
Baked goods like donuts are also magnets for House Sparrows and Starlings, which one should never feed if possible.
If one wishes to feed/attract wintering Orioles, it is far better to use sugar water feeders and (grape) jelly dispensers. This way, Orioles will still seek
fat and protein from "good" sources, instead of getting false satisfaction from junk like donuts.
If anyone wants directions for making inexpensive home-made Oriole jelly feeders, reply to this email message.
The following web page has a photo and video of a modified glass-top hummingbird feeder that is optimized for Oriole feeding: http://www.dmzs.com/crbo/BaltOriole.html
-- The video shows two Baltimore Orioles using the feeder
simultaneously.
This winter I even had a Bullock's Oriole visiting my array of sugar water /grape jelly feeders.
Thanks and good birding,
Nathan
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Nathan Wescoat Dias
Executive Director
Cape Romain Bird Observatory
177 King Street
Charleston SC 29401
http://www.dmzs.com/crbo/
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