How much a month do you spend feeding Wild Birds?

[Don_Kiddick]

Try spending some of this money on starving children in Africa who's parents have died through disease and famine, and can't help themselves, rather than wasting it on birds that can look after themselves.

 

Do you ever consider that these birds might become somewhat domesticated, lazy and fat, and put themselves at risk of attack by gorging on food people like you provide.

 

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Not unlike the Somali's when they land here

[macaskill]

Is it my imagination or are there more birdies about this year? Dawn chorus round our way has been very loud lately.

[RozeePozee]

I bought an industrial bag of bird seed from Costco last year and there's still loads left. I don't think it cost more than a tenner and I fill my bird feeder most days. Another reason why I like Costco (sad, but true!)

[Ally68]

Ally, you may be tickled to know I get fat balls when I go to the car boot sale

 

The ones in the green net bags - the little birdies love them

It's such a pleasure to see tits on your balls at this time of the year.

 

 

:hihi:

 

I know exactly what you mean. The tits over here love their fat balls aswell.

[Zaytsev]

I would advise against feeding wild birds, the last one I fed wolfed down a large doner, spewed on my shoes and now i'm married to her.

[Zaytsev]

:hihi:

 

I know exactly what you mean. The tits over here love their fat balls aswell.

 

Oh I do hope your right Ally.

[F. Sidebottom]

Fat balls?

 

I presume you mean balls made of fat?

 

And you feed these to the poor little birds!

 

It's like the Alan Partridge sketch where the farmer says he feeds hamburgers to the ducks to help them stay afloat.

 

As the old saying goes:

 

'Everybody knows fat birds don't fly'

 

You are killing these poor , tubby little creatures.

[F. Sidebottom]

And the survey shows that currently 15 people have responded to say that they spend more than £4 per month on birds.

 

So how much food could that money have bought for a starving child in Africa?

 

So how many children could that vaccinate against disease over the course of a year?

 

But that doesn't count does it. Because Bill Oddie and his band of balding twichers say you should spend it on tits, and other creatures that are perfectly capable of finding their own food.

 

Unlike the starving children of Africa, who would not only love to have a bag of nuts to eat, but would probably be happy to eat worms instead of nothing.

 

These people have psychological problems.

[Agent Orange]

Fat balls?

 

I presume you mean balls made of fat?

 

And you feed these to the poor little birds!

 

Not only fat, but they contain nuts and fruit etc. Perfect winter food for our feathered friends. As daft as it may sound, it is actually good for them as it fattens them up and protects them against the harsh temperatures during the winter months.

[Agent Orange]

But that doesn't count does it. Because Bill Oddie and his band of balding twichers say you should spend it on tits, and other creatures that are perfectly capable of finding their own food.QUOTE]

 

As said before, man has destroyed and continues to destroy the feeding grounds and habitats for many birds therefore making it very difficult for them to find sufficient levels of food to keep them alive let alone to rear their offspring etc. Surely, as we are responsible for this we should at least give birds a chance by giving them something back and if that means putting food out for them and spending a little money then surely it's worth it, unless, like you, you prefer them to become extinct.