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From: cbar20@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Handfeeding Wild Birds
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.095231.5523@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 29 Nov 90 09:52:30 GMT
References: <11679@milton.u.washington.edu> <1990Nov27.173242.27735@ioe.lon.ac.uk>
Distribution: rec.birds
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster
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In article <1990Nov27.173242.27735@ioe.lon.ac.uk>, teexmmo@ioe.lon.ac.uk (Matthew Moore) writes:
> 
> Also at outdoor cafes, a few blackbirds will take food from your hand.
> > 
> The robin (_not_ the American bird, which is actually a type of
> thrush) is reputed to be very bold in winter, feeding from hands etc.
> 
> The London pigeons are tame enough that catching enough for dinner
> would easy on a regular basis.

While camping in Glencoe this July we found that a male chaffinch would
actually fly down and try to steal the food we were eating. It seemed to like
pitta bread.

                       Graham Simpson
                      Strathclyde University


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