Re: bird feeding
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In article <44a14469$0$904$4c56ba96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mary Fisher
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The problem is that the birds don't eat ALL the seed, much of it they
scatter on the ground where it germinates ...
Mary
I find that the pheasants
We don't have those in inner city Leeds :-)
and pigeons hoover up all the seed on the floor
but I did see a rat hoovering a few weeks ago :-(
Mary
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