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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_447_25276349.1217850738578 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline This is a truly enlightening article -- if we are making the little birds work harder by providing a weaker solution and if 1:1 or 1:2 is just as good, then why not? On 8/4/08, Wild Flora <herself@wildflora.com> wrote: > > I have been using Google and Google Scholar to try to locate a source > for the often-repeated statement that sugar concentrations higher than 1:4 > can cause liver damage in hummingbirds. No luck, however. Does anyone know > where this idea originated? > > > > Meanwhile, here is an interesting article from the May 1993 issue of * > WildBird* magazine, available online, that raises questions about the > traditional 1:4 concentration: "Hummingbird Feeding", by Reed Hainsworth, > Phd, and Larry Wolf, Phd. http://www.hummingbirds.net/hainsworth.html > > > > > > > ------=_Part_447_25276349.1217850738578 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>This is a truly enlightening article -- if we are making the little birds work harder by providing a weaker solution and if 1:1 or 1:2 is just as good, then why not?</div> <div> <br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/4/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Wild Flora</b> <herself@wildflora.com> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang="EN-US" style="WORD-WRAP: break-word" vlink="purple" link="blue"> <div> <div> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">I have been using Google and Google Scholar to try to locate a source for the often-repeated statement that sugar concentrations higher than 1:4 can cause liver damage in hummingbirds. No luck, however. Does anyone know where this idea originated?</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Meanwhile, here is an interesting article from the May 1993 issue of <i>WildBird</i> magazine, available online, that raises questions about the traditional 1:4 concentration: "</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Hummingbird Feeding", by Reed Hainsworth, Phd, and Larry Wolf, Phd. http://www.hummingbirds.net/hainsworth.html</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"> </span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br> ------=_Part_447_25276349.1217850738578--
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