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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010108000303020008040801 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Dave. Perhaps Hope or Helene might have some additional comments. My neighbour has been putting out blueberries for robins and that is quite successful. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net On 08/04/2015 8:11 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: > 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 ----- > *From:* Don MacNeill <mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *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. >> >> Eleanor Lindsay >> Seabright St Margarets Bay >> >> > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2015.0.5863 / Virus Database: 4328/9490 - Release Date: > 04/08/15 > --------------010108000303020008040801 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Calibri">Thanks Dave. Perhaps Hope or </font>Helene might have some additional comments. My neighbour has been putting out blueberries for robins and that is quite successful.<br> <br> Don<br> <br> <div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/04/2015 8:11 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:D19377A43703468BB91274BBDDE1E470@D58WQPH1" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-15" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.23588"> <style></style> <div>Hi Don & All,</div> <div> 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.</div> <div>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="donmacneill@bellaliant.net" href="mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">Don MacNeill</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 08, 2015 7:25 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Feeder birds</div> <div><br> </div> <font face="Calibri">We put out some apples on the back deck and an American Robin has been eating them</font>. It has just been joined by a solitary Bohemian Waxwing which is also eating the apples.<br> <br> A friend has heard that hard-boiled eggs are good protein for robins.<br> <br> Don<br> <br> <div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</a></div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/04/2015 7:13 PM, Eleanor Lindsay wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5525A7F7.7000800@gmail.com" type="cite">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, s