That is what I wanted to shout at this young gal tossing bread out for the many kinds of birds. But, I didn’t shout and chose to drive away after grabbing this photo. Bread has zero nutritional value for birds, and maybe humans too.
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It’s funny how people think they are doing a good thing by feeding the birds when in reality, they’re part of the problem.
I agree, i was one of those a good while back. Throw seeds that they will benefit from, not bread!
Not good for the health of these geese.
Nope, they need real food like seeds!
100%
Thanks!
They should put signs up here..don’t feed birds 🐦
Similar problem here with people feeding bread to wallabies and possums. It rots their teeth … I expect it rots the ducks teeth too!! 😜
Some people are so ignorant and they do things that harm birds. John, I would want to shout also…
We can start shouting it a mommies in the supermarket too, no? Could be fun.
Hey, that’s a great idea, K!! 😂❤️
Bread protestors. We can get signs with crossed out loaves and picket in front of bagel shops. 😉
The river and parks in our town have signage declaring that feeding the waterfowl is a crime with hefty fines. That pond needs such a policy.
I agree! There are signs that say no feeding the birds, but obviously nobody sees them or ignores them. They should be fined, but how can you enforce that without someone on duty always watching?
Not only is there little nutritional value but any mould on it can do a lot of harm to ducks. I found this on the internet:
Ducks that are regularly fed bread can become malnourished, aggressive towards one another, may lose their foraging instincts and can lose their natural fear of people.
Also, bread that isn’t eaten can result in nutrient build-up and increased algae growth.
That build-up is in the water, I presume, hence the algae growth.
Anyway, it isn’t good to feed any of these birds bread. They like their insect larvae, aquatic plants and seeds, little fishes and amphibians, and so on. NOT white wonder bread.
Wonder Bread! We ate that stuff as kids, not knowing that it was bad stuff. I’m not mad with my folks though! I didn’t know about the other bad things, that’s really awful, Anneli!
There are three or four of these little man-made lakes in this area, they are bird havens. So many species hang around and are so cute. I need to step out of the truck and try to have a gentle word with the bread people…
It wouldn’t hurt to spread the word (gently, as you said).
My fear is making someone angry, you never know how someone will react to being corrected.
I guess you have to judge the situation carefully and decide whether it’s worth it to say anything.
You would think people would know by now.
They don’t care, and/or never see the posted signs about NOT feeding the birds. Fine them! $$