The Dangers of Bird Feeders


	The Dangers of Bird Feeders

Perkalicious11

10-23-2007 3:39 PM

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	t isn’t hard to attract birds to your yard in the winter -- just fill a bird feeder with seed. Unfortunately, some bird feeders can be dangerous to our feathered friends</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5"><IMG width="11" height="7" alt="" src="http://bottomlinesecrets.com/images/bullets/blue_bullet1.gif" /><STRONG>Windows.</STRONG> Most bird feeders are placed near a window to facilitate bird-watching, but this makes it likely that some birds will fly into the windows</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5"><IMG width="11" height="7" alt="" src="http://bottomlinesecrets.com/images/bullets/blue_bullet1.gif" /><STRONG>Cats.</STRONG> Position your feeder six feet or more from the nearest shrub or other ground cover so that cats can’t hide and pounce on birds</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5"><IMG width="11" height="7" alt="" src="http://bottomlinesecrets.com/images/bullets/blue_bullet1.gif" /><STRONG>Squirrels.</STRONG> If squirrels are an issue in your yard, place your feeder on a pole at least five feet</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5"><IMG width="11" height="7" alt="" src="http://bottomlinesecrets.com/images/bullets/blue_bullet1.gif" /><STRONG>Diseases.</STRONG> <EM>Salmonella</EM> can be transferred among birds when droppings mix with feed in the feeder, and other bird health problems can result from birdseed that has begun to mold</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5">The best way to attract interesting birds to your yard is to have more than one bird feeder</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5">Mixed birdseed often contains low-quality fillers that birds might discard onto the ground</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bottomlinesecrets.com/blpnet/category.html?category_id=5">Black oil seed, a type of sunflower seed, is the single most popular choice among most birds</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E15F6EAE-DD36-4678-83B4-827CC537470B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>