[NatureNS] Junco question

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>> the gravel was expos
I have seen Mourning Doves picking at road salt dumped in the middle of a paved road.
On 2018-01-19, at 8:38 AM, Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca> wrote:

> Doves and Jays peck at the sand between our flagstones in our patio. Blue Jays forge in the eavestrough, maybe for grit? So I visited a local chicken farmer and bought a bag of grit only to hear from the owner that they don't actually use it. Now I have a 5kg bag of grit, gads. Nevertheless, I periodically sprinkle the grit in the yard, around my feeders in the hope that it helps. I will put some on the feeder in the winter. (I wonder if the birds mistake road salt for grit in these conditions?)
> Andy Stadnyk
> Lower Sackville
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> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on behalf of Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca>
> Sent: January 18, 2018 11:19 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Junco question
>  
> On 1/18/2018 10:05 PM, Lois Codling wrote:
> > Since they lack teeth, I believe all birds need grit to grind up or 
> > predigest their food.  Perhaps there are some exceptions?
> 
> * there may also be seeds in the exposed roadside gravel.
> 
> fred.
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> > On 1/18/2018 7:24 PM, nancy dowd wrote:
> >> After the plow went by on our gravel road today we noticed small 
> >> flocks of Juncos in the nearby trees flying down onto the areas where 
> >> the gravel was exposed and picking at it. I came across this several 
> >> times along the way. Like Doves, do Juncos and other Sparrows like 
> >> some grit in their diet?
> >>
> >> Nancy
> >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> > 
> > 
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