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From: andrewt@cs.su.oz (Andrew Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Hand-feeding wild birds
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Date: 27 Nov 90 07:41:13 GMT
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In article <14182@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
writes:
> Since chickadees seem to be much in the news, what (if any) other bird
> species, particularly Eastern US species, can be hand fed in the wild
> by a patient person?

It's not relevent to the eastern US but many of the Australian birds which come
into backyards can become tame enough to be hand fed. Many people feed parrots
such as Rainbow Lorikeets and Crimson Rosellas (count your fingers afterwards).
It's common for Kookaburra to be tame enough to swoop down and take meat
from your hand.

I've had a wild White-Eared Honeyeater take hairs from my head (ouch)
for nest building. Quite an experience. Presumably it normally molests
kangaroos.

Andrew