Tweeters,

I don't have any particular insights on the use of peanut butter, but this person's blithe assertion makes me nervous. How being a veterinarian can allow him to assure us of anything isn't quite clear to me: how would he observe a bird going off and dying of disease out of his view? That doesn't mean he's wrong necessarily, but this falls way short of anything resembling science, so I'd take his peanut butter with a grain of salt...

Jim McCoy
Marblehead, MA
jfmccoy at hotmail.com






Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: [MOB-Montana] Peanut butter
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:46:11 -0800
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu


Tweeters,


Here is another post from the MOB listserve (Montana Online Birding) regarding the peanut butter thread.


Lou Ann Harris
Bozeman, MT



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From: "Bob & Mo Rost"
Date: January 15, 2008 9:26:39 AM PST
To: "MOB-Montana"
Subject: [MOB-Montana] Peanut butter
Reply-To: MOB-Montana at yahoogroups.com



Hi Wendy and MOB:

As a veterinarian, I can assure you that feeding your "bird cookies" or pure peanut butter or any of the other products is just fine for birds. All are natural plant seed material that the winter birds seek out because of the high nutritional value and high caloric content of same.

I have fed peanut butter for 35 years and have never observed a problem. Unsanitary feeders cause a much worse problem. Go for it - the birds love it!

Bob Rost - Ronan MT
(406) 676-4545