Harry,
Two points:

1. In the past you said you kept leftovers at the edge of the field, so you
and your wife can view the wildlife.
2. There is a world of difference between feeding wildlife people food that
is unhealthy for the animal and encourages the animal to lose their fear of
humans, and wildlife foraging for grains scattered on a field.

The fact that you prefer to ignore the experts and you only care about your
own personal welfare, follows the symptoms of someone who suffers from NPD.


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Well, I don't think the half hour visit in the front yard of nine
wild turkeys presents any health concern, Doug.
I'll need data on that "think" of yours, Harry. You're defending a
practice you enjoy. I simply gave you information that scientists
discovered to be valid.


I see Smithers still has his nose up my butt. Is anyone keeping
track of how many posts a day of his mention me or are directed
towards me? You'd think he'd be frustrated by the lack of
response.
In this case, he happens to be correct.
What practice? Nine wild turkeys landed in my front yard for a half
hour while on their way to...somewhere. I hadn't seen them before,
and I doubt I'll see them again. As I stated, I've never seen wild
turkeys before on my property, or in our adjacent woods, and I stalk
the woods regularly in search of critters to photograph.

It matters not to me what Smithers says, because whatever he says,
he's a flaming ass and one of the reasons why this newsgroup is in
the sorry shape it is in.

Are you referring to my habit of putting food out for passing
critters?
Yes. Create the environment they like, using plants, and they'll stop
by without your having to leave food out for them. I've got foxes,
skunks, owls and other fancy birds, and a couple of ground hogs. If I
grew corn and let some fall on the ground, I'd probably have some of
the turkeys I see in the woods 2 minutes away, but I guess nothing
else in the garden interests them. I've got a butterfly bush that
attracts every kind of butterfly imaginable, along with 3 types of
bees. Two flowers (zinnias and cosmos) seem to attract hummingbirds,
and I don't hang out a feeder full of sugar water to get them into
the area.
The environment the critters like is already here; I didn't import any
of these animals. There are hundreds of acres of corn in season within
a short walk of my yard. As I stated, they simply walk across my
property on their rounds, as I am sure they did before we built our
house. We provide the occasional snack.
In the past, you've made it sound like the snacks were a regular thing.

My wife keeps her bird feeders full. If I could get the fox family to
stop by nightly, I might buy a bag of Purina Fox Chow. There are few
prettier animals in the woods.

You have correctly said in the past that Bush likes to ignore valid
science when it's convenient. I find it interesting that you're doing the
same thing.

Really? Because I on occasion toss some leftovers out on the edge of my
woods for passing critters?

That's ignoring science?

Hardly.

Should I try to convince my neighbors to stop growing corn, because
critters sometimes feed on the acreage?