FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] To feed or not to feed

["Robbie Hassler" <drhass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Byrdstown, TN
2-8-07

Fellow tn-birders---As of today I have decided to discontinue ( I think) 
feeding birds.  For the past few years I have had one if not two Sharp Shinned 
Hawks swooping in and picking off two or three birds (or who knows how many). a 
day by scaring the wits out of the birds until they fly into the windows and 
fall to the ground  I know people say that hawks have to eat too, but is 
providing a banquet for them the natural way to go?  I have had this going on 
for at least five years, watching the population of feeder birds drop.  
Cardinals and White throated-sp. seems to be high on the menu. I have 
considered feeding by spreading seed among dead weeds surrounding the yard.  
But how do I manage the suet?

I welcome any opinions on this subject. (I can hear-surely not just before the 
GBBC?)

Thanks,
Robbie Hassler

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