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From: harolds1@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Schessler)
Newsgroups: rec.birds,sci.bio
Subject: birds versus lawn chemicals
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Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 14:16:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 31 14:16:48 1987
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: pesticides birds nature
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My office overlooks acres of grass. This should not be a cause of anxiety but
it has become so. Each spring when the robins arrive they are a delight to watch
and hear. Then the lawn chemical trucks arrive (they use herbicides plus ? here).
The birds quickly disappear to not show up until the next spring.

Can anyone tell me whether the birds are too smart to feed here after spraying
or whether they are killed (or made sick and die later) each year?
It seems so odd and unnatural to not see birds here most of the year.

Harold Schessler ATT Bell Labs 312-979-6210