How we feed our birds

How we feed our birds As a working mother my plate, like most of moms in my shoes is darn pretty full. Then I add to the mix the care and feeding of several horses, two geriatric dogs, a grumpy cat, some teenagers and a husband and I don't need to be reminded of another thing I fail to do correctly . But tell that to wildlife officials who are on a crusade for clean bird baths and feeders. Avian experts say more and more of us are feeding birds, it is a national pastime and we should be responsible to clean up after them.. Come on it isn't it enough that I even remember to toss out some seed for migrating songbirds. and I faithfully hang those drippy little hummingbird feeders off my deck each summer. But no, according to experts millions of song birds are dying each year due to moldy food they find in feeders like mine. The little guys are very susceptible (like we are) to Salmonella among other diseases so specialists now recommend that bird baths and humming bird feeders be changed daily while bird feeders scrubbed out once a month, and we know who that task will fall to but that's okay it's all for the birds& I'm Susan Allen and this is Food Forethought.