bird feed


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bird·feed

also bird feed  (bûrd′fēd′)
n.
See birdfood.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bird feed - food given to birdsbird feed - food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
feed, provender - food for domestic livestock
canary seed - a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
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Away from bird feed, screwed to fence, Perspex front, open lid, common sense?
ABL Business structured a full asset-based lending package from funder IGF group to enable Ignite Capital, based in Leeds, to acquire Bristol-based bird feed manufacturer and wholesaler Albert E James & Son Ltd for a seven-figure sum.
The Gardman Poppy Bird Feeder, along with the charity bird feed blends, is available in garden centres for a limited period at a time when birds struggle to find food.
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ANORTHUMBERLAND farmer's wife has donated sacks of bird feed to Durham Cathedral after reading about a wildlife project at the monument in the Journal.
In a statement issued on Sunday, he said the provincial food department is in process to auction approximately 300,000 bags contained with rotten wheat with adequate arrangements for their use as animal and bird feed only.
But Tory councillor Jake Shropshire told a town meeting that the pesky pigeons could be kept to a low number by adding a special contraceptive to bird feed, the Daily Star reported.
Laboratory trials by researchers at the UAE University in Al Ain have discovered that both ground and treated date pits work as natural antibiotics when mixed with bird feed.
Tie 10-inch segments of string to the pine cone, stick, or apple, and then roll them in peanut butter and bird feed.
"Approximately 90 percent of our bird feed customers are independent operators, with store sizes ranging from 10.000 to 50,000 square feet.
Nine out of 10 customers who came through the door purchased bird feed. I wondered what all the excitement was about.