[capt.george]

-----Most of you know of my YEARLY plea ---If ya come to the water to check your boats, see the Trundra Swans , or What ever --Save up your old bread , or even bum a few old outa date loaves from your food Store Mgr. & feed the Gulls , Choose a place that your Marinia Mgr. will allow ya to feed em --Or Like in Deale, HH has Open water --Usta be we had open landfills & sod farms Harvesting sod exposing worms ---But now No Landfills, Sod fields Freeze , Worms go deeper --Etc. --PAYBACKS are due for what these Fish markers do for US---Geo.

 

[night nurse]

I was told by the DNR bread esp. old bread is BAD for the birds. Some of it can have small amounts of mold which in turn sicken the weakened birds. Prehaps you should suggest bird feed or cracked corn? I feed them all the time

TED

 

[capt.george]

--Like the 12-4-in the Crotch ( USMC)

I was told by the DNR bread esp. old bread is BAD for the birds. Some of it can have small amounts of mold which in turn sicken the weakened birds. Prehaps you should suggest bird feed or cracked corn? I feed them all the time

TED

--TED, I see your handle , I salute you! most bad things happen on the Graveyard Shift ---Takes Exceptional Fortutide & Devotion --

--Your CORRECT , 100% Correct --Please check bread for Heavy MOLD ---I forget as I feed all my Scrapps & Bread to my Private flock out back, But Do Not Save it up like some would have to do ---Hell if your including the Admiral & Kids on a Feeding Trop , Buy a Loaf , the cost of a Gallon of Fuel this year alone will buy 2 fresh loaves --If I'm Correct I don't believe Gulls Have Craws , that require Gravel to grind thier food , so some food like Large seed may be harmfull ? Find out for us ---I never see em graveling like other birds --

--Day Old Outlets are even cheaper ---But Please, Please don't feed where the Straight Gut's will fly too eat on someones Boat ---Small pieces & no Whole Slices --A fast GULP SIZE---

 

[night nurse]

O.K. Catp. I give up, I can't seem to find any information on the corn other then it should be cracked corn to aid with digestion. I have done it for years and have never noticed any harm but one never knows. If you or someone else knows please let me know.
As A side note I feed my deer a mix of 50% corn and 50% roasted soy beans, not cheap but much healthy for them as 100% corn would induce bloat and poss. death.
BTW thanks for the Salute!

TED

 

[capt.george]

--Ted, Get some Blackstrap Molassas & try it on the mix ya use ---As a Dairy Farmer in my youth Cud Chewing Animals I believe would be safe from Bloat --Most Bloat Deaths Are results of eating wind falls in Apple Orchards , Over Ripe Fruit causes DRUNK herds( Cows & Deer) & Dangerous Bloating,Ya gotta keep the oversized Hollow needle Handy (Like you Use on humans)---Don't smell good does it?

 

[night nurse]

I would love to do the Molassas it's cheaper but I have a home bulit gravity feeder. The molassas gets clogged up and then freezes. The feeder is in WV, I have a cabin there and right now it's forcast for a high temp of 4+ on Friday and 2- as a low.
DO you still do any farming now? How can you tell when a cow is drunk?

TED

 

[capt.george]

---TED it aint Hard ---32 of em ( size of our heard) done broke through the Barbed wire & are in the orchard , been feeding on Fermented windfalls, Ya Know the ones with the Wasps & Yellow Jacket on em ---Try to drive Drunken cows to the Barn , They are like Human drunks But Weigh a Little More --They Stumble , walk sideways etc. --ALSO, ya got to feed the milk to the HOGs for 2 days as milk will be un acceptable to the Dairy ---

--Hell look at me --Hi Jacked My own Thread ---Feed the Birds this Winter--

---Note --Time is wrong on Posts , Also our Post count , unless thse are counted a ONE--Thanks for your replys --geo.

 

[JimRockfish]

You are a good man, Capt George. I'm on it.

 

[nineball]

I will feed them all exept that dam piping plover lol


9ball

 

[Seahunter]

I will feed them all exept that dam piping plover lol

9ball

Plover tastes just like chicken. :thumbup:

 

[Scott McGuire]

Please remember that Duck Season is still in until Jan 24. Feeding waterfowl could adversly effect hunters in your area. Hunting migratory birds over bait is a federal crime. If you feed birds in an area, and the hunter does not know it, he might get accused of hunting over bait. Also - if you feed in an area it could be closed off to hunting by NRP - because the area is baited. This is a tactic that is often used by Anti's.

Also - Please DO NOT feed Mute Swans - They are an invasive species from Europe that eats SAV, and out competes with native birds. I know they are pretty, but they don't belong here.

This is a Mute Swan:

This is the native Tundra Swan (a wintertime visitor):

 

[AIK68J]

Ted to a fellow night nurse I was looking up some info on feeding birds bread I grew up on the Niagara river and the DNR and the health dept use to post signs about
Avian Botulism outbreaks. If I remember correctly it had to do with the yeast breaking down and the maggots eating it then the ducks eating them and then staying crowded in one area causing the outbreak . Plus they said that bread was a poor quality diet item for them. The few local areas that allowed to feed resident birds used cracked corn only.
Avian Botulism: Overview - Environment Canada
:> Liveducks.com | Bread Warning
WEC 179/UW193: Why Shouldn't We Feed Water Birds?
Of course they did arrested the guy at the chinese resturant about 4 blocks away for leaving bread crumb trails right to the back of the resturant door (fresh lake duck anyone)

 

[capt.george]

--Surely everyone knew I wasn't Advocating Moving Cedar Trees ---Just feeding The "GULL FAMILY ONLY"--RING BILLS< BONOPARTES<LAUGHING< Some Terns --THe Smaller Gulls --The Larger Gulls, Herring,& Blackbacks , These Tho are Killing the Duck Cripples & keeping the Shoreline Clean --The Small Gulls are my PRIMARY INTREST till duckers Season Finishes ---I Fully Agree on Not feeding Wildlife ---All Except The Ones I Owe ----

----I do not owe any Deer for sure . They Cost Me --Bent panels Etc.

 

[capt.george]

Please remember that Duck Season is still in until Jan 24. Feeding waterfowl could adversly effect hunters in your area. Hunting migratory birds over bait is a federal crime. If you feed birds in an area, and the hunter does not know it, he might get accused of hunting over bait. Also - if you feed in an area it could be closed off to hunting by NRP - because the area is baited. This is a tactic that is often used by Anti's.

Also - Please DO NOT feed Mute Swans - They are an invasive species from Europe that eats SAV, and out competes with native birds. I know they are pretty, but they don't belong here.

This is a Mute Swan:

This is the native Tundra Swan (a wintertime visitor):

------Surely everyone knew I wasn't Advocating Moving Cedar Trees ---Just feeding The "GULL FAMILY ONLY"----The Larger Gulls, Herring,& Blackbacks , These Tho are Killing the Duck Cripples & keeping the Shoreline Clean --The Small Gulls are my PRIMARY INTREST till duckers Season Finishes ---I Fully Agree on Not feeding Wildlife ---All Except The Ones I Owe ----

----I do not owe any Deer for sure . They Cost Me --Bent panels Etc.

 

[deducker]

dont forget the OO buckshot in case you come across any mute swans while you're out there feeding the tundra's.

 

[Scott McGuire]

dont forget the OO buckshot in case you come across any mute swans while you're out there feeding the tundra's.

Not in MD - Unfortunately the Mute swan is protected - and are not legal for the average person to shoot. MD DNR has a special USFWS permit to reduce the number of swans. You can blame the "Save our swans" people for bastardizing the Maryland Migratory Bird act.

If you have a swan problem, I can help you get that info to MD-DNR.

 

[Doggydaddy]

Dem mute swans look like they might taste good.

 

[LY2000]

It's hard for me to believe the mutes cause all that much of a problem. I think they became a target during the whole save the bay project...taking out the mutes to save the bay is like removing the snakehead to save the stripers in the Potomac...it doesn't matter one way or the other...the stripers won't be wiped out by the snakeheads and the snakeheads are not going anywhere. FYI, LMB are an invasive species too.

 

[Worm]

hey george
Your bird gig aint going to well. to many tree huggers in the crowd. I personnally would like to shoot em all, there just rats with wings! Not to mention when they dump on you it can be very embarrassing especially to your partys.
How is everything up home? All, is well down here .
Maybe instead o eeding birds, you in all your wisdom, or wiseness, we could teach some o the tidal ish crowd not togo out in reezing butt cold weather and end up dead.
Maybe you have some in o on hypothermia and some other cold weather stupp. Maybe a story or two.
By the way im missing the letter to the right o the D on the keyboard, thus it is le t out.
See ya WORM

 

[MIKE BURGESS]

Mute Swans taste great AH a friend told me that