Spoilt Birds

[Venus]

Originally posted by Bushbaby
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.

I had to laugh at this, BB! :haha: I'm noticing the same thing with the birds in my garden. I put out seeds & bread & have noticed how excited they all get over the bread. I have a wood pigeon who is almost permanently around & it's getting so overweight that it literally waddles around! :p