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To: one_less who wrote (6286)	5/29/2003 2:35:56 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 7720

"Putting bird seed out is a selfish act. I like to watch them." Good post. Your neighbour may (possibly) love birds, too; but he may not wish to encourage the excrement which feeding posts cause... "There are lots of cool ways to spend the morning, so if it is truly an annoyance I will cut out the feeding all together." That is cool. They sound like decent people--if a bit perfectionistic or controlling...

To: one_less who wrote (6286)	5/29/2003 4:15:25 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

I live in a second floor apartment, too. Don't get me started on my downstairs neighbor. But I'll mention the bird feeding incident. Think I may have mentioned it before. I had a feeder hanging outside my bedroom window for several years. It's a violation of the condo rules to hang anything out like that, but the window is hidden behind a thick tree and I checked with all the immediate neighbors first to see if they objected. My downstairs neighbor had a tenant in her apartment at the time who didn't object. Our condo association tends to take a no-harm-no-foul approach to things so I figured I was OK. Like I said, I had it out there for years. So, my downstairs neighbor complained not to me but "anonymously" to the condo association, which sent me a letter. I was feeding the birds hulled sunflower seeds so there'd be no hull debris below the feeder. Seems that she objected to the feeder because the sound of the occasional seed falling on her window sill was disturbing her. This is the same neighbor who finally got me to give up fostering cats for the rescue organization because the sound of them running around disturbed her. A cat. On plush wall-to-wall carpeting on top of thick foam, mind you. This is the same neighbor whose doorbell plays Camptown Races so loud I can hear it in my attic. And who is running a business out of her condo in violation of condo rules. Etc, etc. Like I said, don't get me started. I would understand about bird droppings, though. Bird feeder has been down for several years, now, but I still have the occasional bird come by looking for it. Sad. Not many finches anymore, though. Some disease or other about wiped them out a couple of years ago.

To: one_less who wrote (6286)	5/30/2003 12:04:38 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

I figure leaving nature alone is the best policy as far as the health of the wild life population goes. You should consider putting a beer feeder on your porch for your neighbour. You would make a friend for life and could enjoy watching him tripping over your flower pots and planters. "He always has a bottle of Corona in hand, with one nearby on the ready." Well at least he is drinking bottled beer. The worst thing you Yanks have done is put beer in cans. It tastes awful and in some situations can be dangerous. Last year some Americans rented a float plane to go on a bear slaughtering expedition in northern Saskatchewan. They had three bags of gear and several dozen large cases of beer. The beer was not properly tied down and shifted on take-off causing the plane to crash in the trees.