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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> My muse is, why? Why would they 
> feed, in a light rain, in an old pasture full of miscellaneous weeds 
> in amongst the fescue when we are ankle-deep in acorns?
Are they able to crack acorns, Gene?  I was surprised to see my geese 
crunching down on apples, when their beaks look so blunt and tender.  
I've heard storied about birds dropping nuts from a great height to 
break them.

Bill
S. Oregon coast