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It's OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way

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Re: It's OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way

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post #24

None of this applies to crows. They're very happy to eat our rotting corpses and day old vomit. So feeding them can be an adventure if you try hard enough.

I tried that once. I fed a bunch of crows some walnuts while sitting by a river, and it was fine. The next day I came back, I fed crows at the same spot, and soon a murder of other crows came and attacked the crows I just fed. Not even just lightly nabbing them, but hacking down on them continuously until I broke up the fight. Didn't try feeding any since then.

Turf wars. We just call it war when humans do it. Or genocide.

Re: It's OK to feed wild birds – here are some tips for doing it the right way

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post #27
post #6

Tip for New Zealand bird feeding - native birds feed on nectar (sugar/honey water) and not seeds which are primarily consumed by introduced / invasive species.

I thought Kiwis eat, roots, shoots and leaves?

no, that's drop bears
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