> cometz wrote:

>> Kat asked me to post stuff about feeding ducks so here it is. we
>> stopped feeding our local ducks bread cause of reading this, but they
>> are in hog heaven at the moment cause we have had lots of amazing
>> rains and the world here is incredibly lush so i figure they are good
>> for now, anyway.
>>
>> the other day i had to stop the car on the street a block from the
>> park cause three ducks were meandering up on the street. it was like
>> the book 'make room for ducklings.' i finally had to get out of the
>> car and shoo them over to a yard. silly ducks.
>>

> did I start all this duck stuff?
>
> yeah, I guess I was thinking of some of the parks I've seen that have
> seed dispensers
>
> speaking as a biologist... *small* quantities of bread is probably
> ok. the reason they say not to feed bread is that if everyone feeds a
> small quantity then it ends up being a lot. the arguement that ducks
> (or any other animal) will become dependant drives me a bit nuts.
> it's highly complicated and you just can't make blanket statements
> like that with any accuracy. the urban ducks you find around parks
> are generally already unnatural and already dependant.