Wild birds - please don't feed them bread!

Bread is not a natural food for wild birds!  Please stop feeding it to them!  They are not meant to be eating bread.  Sure, they like it, because it is like candy to them.  But you are not being kind by feeding it to them.

The natural food for wild swans is water weeds and some land grasses and a bug or two.

If you really want to feed the ducks and swans, tear up some lettuce, grate some carrot and chop up broccoli, add corn kernels, peas, maybe even some oats or birdseed, and throw that into the shallow water for the swans and ducks to eat.  SO much better for them!

For more info:

http://wildbirdrescues.com.au/feeding-native-birds/feeding-swans-and-ducks/

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/why-you-shouldnt-feed-ducks-bread