I have seen and photographed American Goldfinch eating hemp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/palmerlakeguy2010/48772583756/in/album-72157679072868235/
Travis Bonovsky Brooklyn Center, MN On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:58 PM <birdnir...@gmail.com> wrote: > And there must be many versions of hemp. I have a wild version that is > impossible to kill off. My great grandpa in Morrison County used to have a > difficult time getting rid of his version so livestock wouldn’t get into > it. Grandpa had to slash n burn. I at least have the advantage of weed > killers. And I would guess what is being licensed to grow for CBD and other > commercial use is different too. From my farm publications it is a variety > that doesn’t produce the THC that is mind altering. It’s pretty strictly > regulated. > > Back to bird feeding I’ve not seen birds taking seed from what we have > here that’s wild. But then I try to burn it down before it seeds. I do have > another invasive weed that I watched white throated sparrows feed on seeds > yesterday. I’m just glad someone appreciates that noxious invasive. > > Charlene Nelson > Grant County > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 2, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Jared Del Rosso <jared.delro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Apparently, pigeons will eat hemp seeds. When the U.S. Congress first > began > criminalizing marijuana use in the late-1930s (first by issuing a tax on > it, not actually criminalizing it), bird seed companies (at the last > minute) tried to interject, seeking an exception for seed production for > pigeons. They argued that the seeds were indispensible to the production of > healthy squabs; other seeds "changed the character" of the bird. (My source > is the sociologist Howard Becker's book *Outsiders: Studies in the > Sociology of Deviance.)* > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, Colorado (formerly, part-time in St. Paul and Cloquet) > > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 1:18 PM Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Are the birds lounging about on the fallen leaves and giggling? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Oct 2, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Laura Erickson < > chickadee.erick...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> I was one of the people in Carrol Henderson's study offering the hemp > > seeds > >> at my feeder in Duluth--didn't have any takers, either. But it's > possible > >> the difference is that the hemp seed in the experiment was "industrial > >> hemp," not "psychoactive hemp." > >> > >> Best, Laura Erickson > >> Duluth, MN > >> > >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 2:08 PM sparky stensaas < > > sparkystens...@hotmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Ha! This is exactly what Carrol Henderson was working on... > >>> Hemp seeds were used as a bird seed many years ago. > >>> Last year he had many of us test hemp seeds in our feeders to see if > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
