<waitingforgodot@samuel.beckett> wrote in message
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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:35:23 GMT, "son of yellow river"
<huangmXYZ@earthABClink.ABCnet> wrote:
<(((*> when the finches eat from the tube feeder, a lot of food falls to
the
<(((*> ground. even though some of it gets picked up by doves and
finches, there is
<(((*> *a lot* of leftover food to clean up.
It is true that birds will drop seed to the ground from the
feeders.
It is true that doves (by which I assume you mean pigeons) will
feed on the ground.
But I don't think finches are ground feeders. So I think you
might be making this part up.
no, i see little finches picking food up from the ground every day.
<(((*> at least they don't poop on my patio. my guess is that they poop
when they
<(((*> are in safe places, up in the trees or on rooftops or in flight.
Birds will poop wherever they are when the urge strikes. They
don't wait till they're in "safe" places. If they're hanging
around a feeder, they'll crap in that area.
So I know you are making this part up.
no, there is not much bird poop on my patio. a couple of tiny droppings,
perhaps, but nothing significant.
<(((*> i'm still hoping that my bird friends will drop "poop bombs" on
obnoxious
<(((*> neighbors. :)
Wishful thinking, kid. Wishful thinking.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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