tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379852154632083911.post1188086941564669455..comments2023-11-26T08:21:11.241-05:00Comments on Connecticut Audubon Society: Monk Parakeet problemAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853275809222555789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379852154632083911.post-5726947033795433742010-11-19T16:16:36.543-05:002010-11-19T16:16:36.543-05:00It has been well demonstrated that native birds do...It has been well demonstrated that native birds do not rely on feeders for food over sustained periods of time. If there is a 12 inch snowfall, yes, they may survive solely because a feeder helped them through a day or two. Something out of range, like a Painted Bunting in Connecticut in December, may survive only in this manner. However, what the native birds of a given region take from feeders is only a small percentage of their overall diet. Feeders do not "hold" birds in that manner. This is frequently a topic when it comes to putting out hummingbird feeders. Leaving feeders out in the fall does not make them stay against their various biological migration functions. The latter is overwhelming.Scott Kruitboschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548751893152403641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379852154632083911.post-22840168718852193252010-11-19T15:35:36.412-05:002010-11-19T15:35:36.412-05:00I observed similar behavior in Michigan several de...I observed similar behavior in Michigan several decades ago. Although at the time it was the blue jays that were the rapacious species that would forcing out the morning doves, chickadees, and yes the common sparrows that my grandmother loved to watch.<br /><br />Humanity has been in the business of transporting and transplanting other species for our entire recorded history. And then some.<br /><br />The act of setting out food for "native" species interrupts their otherwise natural desire to move a little further south in their natural range. How might the "native" species respond if human-supplied were removed for a season?Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304572506298209357noreply@blogger.com