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["Bryant, Rhonda" <rbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure if I am doing the birds I am feeding a favor or not. They are 
continually being harassed, and no doubt eaten, by a female sub adult Cooper's 
and an adult male Sharp-shinned, as well as two neighborhood cats. And then 
there is the White-throated that did itself in on the back glass; likely 
attempting to escape one of the fore mentioned.

I have been feeding some black walnut kernels that have gotten old; tossing a 
few a day. The resident Mockingbird has decided they are his/hers. It is rather 
interesting that it swallows whole no matter what the size. Clearly a full gut 
is the important factor and not taste fulfillment.

Scott
Lexington, KY
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