tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post3334057413454188356..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: what's up the pike: take it all in strideDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-91329275114308916362009-01-11T20:08:00.000-05:002009-01-11T20:08:00.000-05:00Some of the local farms offer "pick your own produ...Some of the local farms offer "pick your own produce", maybe this is "pick your own poultry".<BR/><BR/>Live birds tend to fly in through the back door when a store is unlading trilers or small independent vendors of merchandise.<BR/><BR/>With all the deadly germs floating around in a grocery store, one bird is nothing to worry about.retgroclkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13538891152523408607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-20084480618180946272009-01-09T13:22:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:22:00.000-05:00Dan: live birds in stores are often a sign of how ...Dan: live birds in stores are often a sign of how busy the store is.<BR/><BR/>Home Despot in Aspen Hill has its own flock of sparrows, and occasionally of other small opportunistic birds. Generally, the same is true of other big-box stores. The birds generally don't last very long, among other things, there are a lot of things for them to eat in there, but most of those things aren't particularly nutritious to birds. Bread, for example, tastes great and birds love it because it's filling. But it's so low in protein that they starve to death with full bellies.Thomas Hardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951423786343852055noreply@blogger.com