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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mary" data-source="post: 1788699" data-attributes="member: 11095">I think the difference between feeding in the garden and in the wild is that our feeders are in a small area week after week after week. When birds are feeding 'naturally', they keep moving on from place to place, never in the same spot for long, and soon that place has no food left, so again they move on. Same with water dishes which have far more use than a puddle or ditch. I know some folk don't clean feeders/water dishes from one season to the next, which means that those of us who do clean weekly are fighting a losing battle.There still hasn't been enough publicity put out to the general public (who don't read forums like this!), so I hope this will change after the conference and a big, constant output of information will start. If this puts a few people off feeding because they don't want the trouble of cleaning, then so be it.</blockquote>