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Old 09-01-2021, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
Don't feed bread to birds or any other wildlife. All that does is fill their bellies, and ultimately starve them of nutrition. They suffer when you do that.

If you want to feed them, feed them species-specific food. Most birds eat worms, bugs, small fish, nuts, seeds, and will eat dried or fresh cut vegetables. NOT corn. Hawks generally eat small rodents, kittens, small dogs, turtle eggs, fish, and some lizards. Lizards eat insects and bugs.

If you have bread that's going stale, drizzle it with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic salt, a pinch of red pepper flakes, and cut it into croutons for your salad. Or add a splash of milk as the filler for meatballs or meatloaf.
She asked what to do with stale bread. Not a menu of what the wildlife would “prefer”. Besides, you shouldnt be feeding ducks, squirrels or any wildlife. All that will happen,especially with the ducks, is they will constantly keep coming back and deficating all over your lawn.