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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01E9_01D07238.3741AB50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Don & All, In 1958, as part of a Bird Depredation project, I had some birds in = captivity for testing and had to feed them for several weeks. I don't = recall the entire recipe but it was largely milk and hard-boiled eggs = pulped in a blender to form a slurry. If a bird were near starvation = then such a diet might be excessively rich so I would be inclined to = have at least two parts apple for one part egg; just a guess. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Don MacNeill=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2015 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Feeder birds We put out some apples on the back deck and an American Robin has been = eating them. It has just been joined by a solitary Bohemian Waxwing = which is also eating the apples. A friend has heard that hard-boiled eggs are good protein for robins. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net On 08/04/2015 7:13 PM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote: I have had a mix of pine siskins, goldfinches and common redpolls = daily at my feeders since mid January; many are still around, but the = numbers are now dropping . A flicker has been around all winter, along = with a downy and two hairy woodpeckers, goldfinches, mourning doves = (fewer than previous years - ? due to several ss hawk attacks), = chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, intermittent starlings and now, song and = white throated sparrows are back - as well as grackles. Also for the = past week at least three fox sparrows and, nearby in past few days - 3 = woodcock sightings.=20 Eleanor Lindsay=20 Seabright St Margarets Bay=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9490 - Release Date: = 04/08/15 ------=_NextPart_000_01E9_01D07238.3741AB50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-15" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV>Hi Don & All,</DIV> <DIV> In 1958, as part of a Bird Depredation project, = I had=20 some birds in captivity for testing and had to feed them for several = weeks. I=20 don't recall the entire recipe but it was largely milk and hard-boiled = eggs=20 pulped in a blender to form a slurry. If a bird were near starvation = then such a=20 diet might be excessively rich so I would be inclined to have at least = two parts=20 apple for one part egg; just a guess.</DIV> <DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddonmacneill@bellaliant.net=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">Don MacNeill</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 08, 2015 = 7:25=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Feeder=20 birds</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri>We put out some apples on the back = deck and=20 an American Robin has been eating them</FONT>. It has just been = joined=20 by a solitary Bohemian Waxwing which is also eating the = apples.<BR><BR>A=20 friend has heard that hard-boiled eggs are good protein for=20 robins.<BR><BR>Don<BR><BR> <DIV class=3Dmoz-signature>Don MacNeill <A = class=3Dmoz-txt-link-abbreviated=20 = href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</A>= </DIV> <DIV class=3Dmoz-cite-prefix>On 08/04/2015 7:13 PM, Eleanor Lindsay=20 wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=3Dmid:5525A7F7.7000800@gmail.com type=3D"cite">I have = had a mix=20 of pine siskins, goldfinches and common redpolls daily at my feeders = since=20 mid January; many are still around, but the numbers are now dropping = . A=20 flicker has been around all winter, along with a downy and two hairy = woodpeckers, goldfinches, mourning doves (fewer than previous years = - ? due=20 to several ss hawk attacks), chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, = intermittent=20 starlings and now, song and white throated sparrows are back - = as well=20 as grackles. Also for the past week at least three fox = sparrows and,=20 nearby in past few days - 3 woodcock sightings. <BR><BR>Eleanor = Lindsay=20 <BR>Seabright St Margarets Bay = <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><A></A> <P align=3Dleft color=3D"#000000" avgcert??>No virus found in this=20 message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A=20 href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</A><BR>Version: 2015.0.5863 / = Virus=20 Database: 4328/9490 - Release Date: = 04/08/15</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_01E9_01D07238.3741AB50--
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