Sunday, February 11, 2007






A little more money will buy you a feeder. These come in a variety of sizes and may have individual feeding ports or consist of open wire mesh throughout. What should you fill them with? Seeds mainly. Some companies sell 'feeder seed' which is a mixture of different types. Black sunflower seed is oily and nutritious. However, smaller birds cannot crack open the husks which are inedible and generate mess. An alternative is sunflower hearts: just the delicious seed, no casing. This seed is smaller and eaten by a wider selection of birds. Into the bargain, there are no leftover husks. Sunflower hearts cost more but are so popular with birds that, for example, tits stockpile them by flying off and burying more than they eat. Mail order companies publish lavish catalogues that contain excellent guidance on choice of seed for garden birds. 'Wildbird' food sold in supermarkets may actually be poor value for money and contain a high proportion of large grain that is best suited to wildfowl.

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
ParrotThe parrots or Psittacines is an order (in particular Psittaciformes) birds which includes approximately 353 species. They are usually grouped in two families: Cacatuidae (cockatoo), and Psittacidae (true parrots). All the members of the order have a curved form characteristic of beak. All the parrots are zygodactyl, with two toes in front of each foot and two at the bottom. Parrots can be found in the majority of the hot areas of the world, including India, of the Southeast Asia and Western Africa. The Caroline Parakeet, now extinct, inhabited in the United States. The largest number by far of species of parrot come from Autralasie, South America, and Central America.







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Friday, January 26, 2007

Don't feed birds.... Why not?









Don't feed birdsYou might see Don't Feed Birds sign very often somewhere in the cityparks, too often maybe. But if you didn't understand why we're forbidden to feed birds in cityparks, this information may give you a better knowledge.

Feeding birds in the parks could produced unwanted results :



  1. It attracts rats

  2. It can produced unhealthy birds

  3. It could greatly rise the bird population

  4. Birds become aggressive with other birds, compete with them for food


Contrary to what many visitors and residents may think, we don't need to worry about the birds having enough food. If humans don't feed them, they will not starve; they will forage for food in other places, thus dispersing their environmental impact over a wider area.




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