[NatureNS] mourning doves eating wood ashes

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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:28:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Nancy Dowd <nancydowd318@yahoo.ca>
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Yesterday, before the showers began, several Mourning Doves landed on the woodstove ash dumped on the snow the day before and appeared to be pecking at it for about 5 minutes. I had not seen this before and thought they might have mistaken them for food. But then why remain so long in the ashes?

A brief search suggested birds may eat ashes for minerals and some websites recommend allowing poultry access to wood ash. Has anyone else seen this?


Nancy in Bridgewater

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<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Yesterday, before the showers began, several Mourning Doves landed on the <span id="misspell-0" class="">woodstove</span> ash dumped on the snow the day before and appeared to be pecking at it for about 5 minutes. I had not seen this before and thought they might have mistaken them for food. But then why remain so long in the ashes?</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">A brief search suggested birds may eat ashes for minerals and some websites recommend allowing poultry access to wood ash. Has anyone else seen this?<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div
 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Nancy in <span id="misspell-1" class="">Bridgewater</span><br></div></div></body></html>
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