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From: jnp@calmasd.GE.COM (John Pantone)
Newsgroups: rec.birds,sci.bio
Subject: Re: birds versus lawn chemicals
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Date: Wed, 2-Sep-87 13:12:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  2 13:12:40 1987
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Organization: G.E.- Calma R&D, San Diego, CA
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(Schessler) writes:
>My office overlooks acres of grass. .........
>Each spring when the robins arrive ..........
>Then the lawn chemical trucks arrive
>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?


The lawn services usually spray fertilizer and insecticide - no herbicides as 
such except for some weed-killers (sometimes). 

The robins most likely just move on to "less greener" pastures when the bugs
and worms disappear.

-- 
These opinions are solely mine and in no way reflect those of my employer.  
John M. Pantone @ GE/Calma R&D, Data Management Group, San Diego
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