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From: carey@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Fly-Eating Birds
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Date: 9 Sep 88 17:21:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!carey    Sep  9 12:21:00 1988


My horse attracts a lot of flies.  Are there any birds that eat flies?

How can I attract them?

I live in central Illinois, in the country, but surrounded by 
cornfields.  There is a small stream half a mile away.
(I also live right next to a natural gas pumping station.  I just
found out that the odorant they add to the gas attracts flies too!
Sometimes you can smell that stuff half a mile away)
I would be willing to put up birdhouses or whatever to provide
living quarters, there are plenty of flies!

The common birds are sparrows, grackles, robins, there are a few 
barn swallows.  Do any of these eat flies?