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Our swallow house has gone terribly quiet. Yesterday right until 6 pm there were young ones squatting in the portal and leaning out further and further to reach the food the parent brought. I thought maybe it was being coaxed out. From what I could see the bird didn't look very clean. It would open this huge yellow pit and in would disappear the offerings; the cheeping would continue until the next visit. There were a number of birds feeding the babies through the week one time there were five delivering food one right after the other. As I was trying to get a photo of the emerging bird, I was at the window camera at the ready for some time. I had to leave briefly and wouldn't you know it, It was gone. When I went outside to see was it maybe on the ground, I could hear a peep from deep inside so there was at least one more there. I haven't seen anyone since, either receiving or delivering food so far this morning. Keep fingers crossed. Maybe there is one just snoozing... I make my seed cakes myself, mostly, from 'suet' and I have been getting it from the Superstore this spring. I get the fat trimmings from beef ground up and I render that, add just plain ground peanut butter and seeds and fruit. How does the recall of Superstore products affect birds. The timing could be right on. Do birds get adverse results from Ecoli? type creatures? Marg Millard in White Point, Queens http://margmillard.ca
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