do you like to feed animals that you found in the park or forest or nature???

I had a few bird feeders in my garden, and they attracted quite a lot of bird. Unfortunately I was also trying to grow strawberries and my bird ate my berries! I have not refilled the feeders this summer, since I wanted to eat my berries myself. I will probably bring them out again in the winter to try and attract some hungry birds during the cold months. I like to feed ducks whenever we are out walking. There is a small nature reserve not far from where we live and there are ducks, geese, swans etc. It is lovely in the spring when all the ducklings are there, they are just soooo sweet. We have found that geese are the most vicious birds, so we have to make sure that all the ducklings get their fair share. What a lovely discussion, it has really brought a smile to my face thinking about birds and animals.

We have a few bird feeders in the yard as well. We also occassionally put up some corn for the squirrells. However, there are lots of hickory nuts in the yard so they get plenty to eat. The birds also enjoy the fig tree. We throw scrap vegetables out for the occassional rabbit that comes along and bread for the crows that seem to hang around the hubby. The squirrells are just so much fun to watch. Especially the young ones. There were two last year that would run from tree to tree, over the top of the hammock supports, chasing and playing tag. We would just sit and laugh. Mind you, the dogs don't really appreciate it. They would like a chance to snag the critters. We don't leave food around when camping and such as you really don't want the animals to become too adjusted to people. There are still a lot of people that would take advantage of that, hunters and the like. That and drawing the deer into the camp site when there are mountain lions around is only going to draw the predators too. We have seen a few of them. An uncertain deer is more likely to be safe from the hands of man. At the park nearby we have been known to carry food for the ducks. Many people do. The zoo has some feeders for some of the animals. The little machines that look like gumball machines. But they are filled with special foods that won't upset the tummies of the animals they are intended for. We like to just sit and watch the animals.

I don't go out walking that often, because it's really not something that I can do due to physical challenges, but when I do go out for a walk, I like to take food with me to feed the various animals that I might encounter. My mother also has a lot of bird feeders out in her yars, and puts scraps out for the deer that wander through there.

[i]Hi jair, Ohhh..I always love to spend time feeding the animals in the park or zoo since in our Country, it is okay to feed them, so, I have always something in my purse every time we will visit a a zoo except for snakes, I don't like to disturb them...LOL! ANyway, It is really amazing to have them and when they will trust us while we are feeding them, in our yard, i always leave feeds for wild birds since they don't like to come closer to the food when I am around! LOL![/i]

We love to go to the local college. There is a pond there and quite a few ducks that live there. We take them food everytime we go. Our 4 year old now asks to go to the park to feed them. It's amazing to watch them waddle up and take food from less than a foot away. I'm an animal lover myself. I am aware that it's dangerous at times to feed wild animals, but who can resist a duck or squirrel?? :)