Gee, and just imagine what happens to a Sharpie that proceeds to eat the 
chickadees that fill up on the suet. :-)

June

Norm Saunders wrote:
This whole discussion reminds me of a chat I had with a beginning,
but health-conscious, birder about ten years or so ago. She was
very upset that people were putting suet out for the birds because
of the cholesterol associated with all that fat.

I tried to explain that your average chickadee probably would be
lucky to live 2-3 years under the best of circumstances so the
buildup of harmful plaques in their arteries just wouldn't have time
to happen. She was unconvinced....

-- 
June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
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