Subject: [Tweeters] veggie suet
Date: Oct 16 21:03:58 2004
From: Hill - hill at smwireless.net


Black oil sunflower seeds? Doesn't anybody use these in their feeders?
Corn oil? Lots of birds eat seed high in oil content as ag waste grain,
roadside weeds, etc.

Randy Hill
Othello
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martha Jordan" <swanlady at drizzle.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] veggie suet


> Several people have written off list to ask about what effect vegetable
base
> oils have on birds. First let me say that I feed regular suet made from
> animal fat.
> I do not know what the effect of vegetable base oil has on birds
> digestion or energy needs. I have wondered this myself. Does anyone out
> there have an answer to this question or know of a resource we can find
out.
> I, appartently like many others, believe that birds need a diet that
> suits their physiological needs. How we decide to feed ourselves is a
> seperate matter.
>
> Martha Jordan
> www.swansociety.org
>
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