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A bird in the hand

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OakDryad Sun 08-May-22 11:57:51

I know there's an argument about species imbalance as a result of feeding.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58346043

I live in an urban environment and feed as a way to counterbalance:

a) the number of gardens hereabouts going under hard landscaping to accommodate cars and consequentially loss of natural food sources and

b) losses due to predation by domestic cats

Plus the birds are are fun to watch!

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silverspoon125 Sun 08-May-22 11:48:44

I read on BBC website In this country we spend more than twice as much on bird food than the rest of Europe put together, so in some ways it's easy to see how we might be causing evolutionary change," says Dr Cole.

We are not such a bad bunch then ?

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