Hello Rob,
It makes a lot of sense what you saying about feeding Peanut-butter. I dont
know if any of you read my recipe with peanut Oats Lard and few tablespoon
of Peanutbutter. I been feeding this to my birds for years and never found
there dying from this. I myselve would not feed Peanutbutter alone, it
could get on there feathers and it would them enable to fly.My Hummingbirds
comming every morning at 7.15AM to the feeder on a regular basis. Yesterday
when i came home in the evening i had lot's of birds this for 15 minutes
all over my yard. Since the trees have verry little leaves now, i could
find them easy Townsend's Warblers least 6 -both Kinglet's 1 Hutton's
Vireo. lot's of both Chickadee's 1Bewick's Wren, 4 Stellers Jays several
Robin's there are almost scarce in my yard. But the King in my yard right
now is the ANNA'S hummingbird. The minute i get home i am looking at the
Hummingbird Feeder.It is like a magnet what draw you, to doing so. I did
this on the year when i attracted our fist Hermit Thrush. I supposed to go
birding instead i was sitting on the window trying to get good looks of
this visitor.
We had two Varied Thrush one time last week, but i don't see them now. We
are in an area as i sayed before, where we have them abudant.The Juncos
been back for a while this is the only bird where i have to say:there not
as many this year.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
godwit at worldnet.att.net




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> From: Rob Conway <robin_birder at hotmail.com>
> To: benedict.t at ghc.org; Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Peanut Butter Sticks in Bird Mouths -> Urban Legend?
> Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 2:40 PM
>
> Tom and Tweets -
>
> Feed them that peanut butter!! It is a high energy food, loved by many
of
> our fine feathered friends. Just as eating just peanut butter wouldn't
be
> recommended for humans neither is it recommended for birds. But as a
treat
> or even a major part of a more balanced feeding program it is great
stuff.
> It is recommended by many states Agricultural Extension services,
Audubon,
> and even Kaytee - one of the major bird food retailers.
>
> A great way to feed peanut butter is to mix it with seed of some kind or
> even suet and then spread it deep and thick on a pine cone (to which you
> have attached a long string BEFORE putting in the peanut butter mix) then

> hang the cone on a tree or the eaves. Yummy stuff.
>
> Birds aren't likely to have their little mouthies stuck shut by this
stuff
> (some of them feed on the likes of pine sap remember) and having it stick
in
> their mouth and choking them? Have you ever seen a robin or a waxwing
put
> away a whole 1/2 inch crabapple in a single bite? Have you ever watched
> really carefully to see how powerful a tool a birds tongue can be?
>
> Sounds like Martha Stewart used 50 year old sources for her more or less
> urban legend based recommendation. Did she perchance recommend feeding
> Organic cherry-mango chutney spread on homemade multi-grain seed crackers

> and topped with special kidney-fat only suet and hanging it out in a nice

> brass bird feeder available from her catalogue for only $99?? Did it
come
> with the optional caviar refrigeration unit to make those Siberian
Accipters
> at home?? ;-)
>
> Peanut Butter - Its a good thing
>
> Rob Conway
> Bellevue, WA
>
> robin_birder at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Tom Benedict" <benedict.t at ghc.org>
> >Reply-To: benedict.t at ghc.org
> >To: <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> >Subject: Peanut Butter Sticks in Bird Mouths -> Urban Legend?
> >Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:15:29 -0800
> >
> >I know this has been discussed before, but the claim that one should not
> >put peanut butter out for birds in the winter because it "will cause
> >their beaks to get stuck shut" has appeared in Martha Stewart Living
> >magazine this month. I think it's the December edition which explains
> >how to make suet cakes to feed birds in winter.
> >
> >I seem to recall that this claim is an urban legend and is not in fact
> >true. Can anyone support or refute this?
> >
> >Tom Benedict
> >tbenz at halcyon.com
>
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