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He's selling his book:

"Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide detailed, comprehensive advice and suggestions for people wishing to feed wild birds in Australia from their own backyards and balconies."

Seems like he has a vested interest in selling copies of his book.

Australians of all people should know better than to claim to understand the ramifications of human intervention on complex natural systems. See: introduction of cane toads to Australia.

Backyard wildlife feeding is extremely intrusive in all cases, it should be and is blanket banned in many places.

People with feeders also have a vested interest in convincing themselves that it's OK.

"I'm making friends with the bird", yes you are, it's a profoundly toxic relationship.

If you can claim to understand the full and long-range ramifications of your intervention in a natural system, who thinks they are so smart?



Yes, he is. But he is also legitimately researching bird ecology in the inner city, and knows what he's talking about.




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