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Is it bad to feed the birds?

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Yet emerging evidence suggests that feeding wild birds poses risks. Bird feeders can fuel the spread of avian diseases, alter migratory behavior, help invasive species outcompete natives and give predators, including free-roaming neighborhood cats, easy access to birds and their nestlings. 10 сент. 2019 г.


Is it wrong to feed the birds?

Experts disagree about whether backyard bird feeding will significantly help bird populations. But feeding certainly can help individual birds in your neighborhood. The general rule for feeding of any wild animal is: do not feed when it might cause harm.

Why you shouldn't feed the birds?

Disease: Feeding birds can increase the spread of disease in three ways: by causing them to come in closer contact than they would normally, by causing increased defecation that harbors bacteria that is responsible for numerous diseases, and moldy bread can cause a fatal lung infection that can decimate entire ...

Do birds like you if you feed them?

First your birds need to feel safe in the environment they are feeding in, then they need to feel safe with you in that environment. Eventually they will come to think of you as part of their habitat and it won't be a big deal to take food directly out of your hand.

Is it important to feed the birds?

There is no reason to suggest that feeders cause birds to lose their ability to forage for natural foods. But, inevitably, feeding does affect the birds we see around us.

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