21-07-2004, 08:46 AM
Since moving to Ireland we have settled into the habit of throwing out any scraps of food we have for the birds - the rooks, crows, jackdaws and magpies will eat anything, and the smaller birds usually like the bread and fruit we throw out.
Recently though I have noticed that the birds avoid the fruit in favour of the 'junk food' items like bread. I am beginning to think that wild birds living in urban areas are acquiring the same bad habits as the humans that live in these areas.
I am now wondering how long it will be before we are inundated with low flying songbirds because they are too overweight to clear the houses.
Recently though I have noticed that the birds avoid the fruit in favour of the 'junk food' items like bread. I am beginning to think that wild birds living in urban areas are acquiring the same bad habits as the humans that live in these areas.
I am now wondering how long it will be before we are inundated with low flying songbirds because they are too overweight to clear the houses.