tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post6120634749012495136..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-55858230845952975472017-01-25T19:56:40.376+00:002017-01-25T19:56:40.376+00:00Never heard of this, but really anything is prefer...Never heard of this, but really anything is preferable to bread when feeding waterfowl.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-82806904133264180512017-01-25T03:40:32.607+00:002017-01-25T03:40:32.607+00:00I've seen a lot of places encouraging people t...I've seen a lot of places encouraging people to feed ducks grapes instead of bread. Apparently something specific about them gives park ducks a more balanced diet?Aritê gunê Akasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619166885106439477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-45908585551980640312017-01-25T00:58:52.648+00:002017-01-25T00:58:52.648+00:00You would have expected it in birds that eat fruit...You would have expected it in birds that eat fruit, which includes both corvids and thrushes, which like sweet biscuits. Less expected in geese. And does spinach taste too bitter to them, as it does to young children? You would have thought that the plants they normally eat were harsher than spinach. Maybe it was just unfamiliarity.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-90859094392536003112017-01-24T21:13:58.949+00:002017-01-24T21:13:58.949+00:00Now that you mention grapes ans spinach, I've ...Now that you mention grapes ans spinach, I've observed that birds do have something resembling a sweet tooth. My sparrows will not eat whole-grain bread. They like white bread best of all.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com