In a message dated 7/22/00 9:16:09 AM PST, footet at elwha.evergreen.edu writes:

> What do you make of all that..? If you have an owl and you don't give it
> some sort of clay you might be depriving it of something special...Who
> knows. I brought a couple hand full of the stuff home and over the
weekend
> will offer it to some of my hawks and just see what happens???? Who
> knows???
>
> Steve here still scratchen his head.

Hmmm. I know that parrots and macaws in S. America eat clay to neutralize the
alkaloids in the seeds they eat...but I never heard of a raptor doing the
same thing. This is fascinating. Let us know how your birds react.
Michelle
MBlanchrd at aol.com
Oly, WA
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