Is bread bad for birds?

Is eating bread bad for birds? What began as an investigation of an urban legend quickly turned into an investigation of several other urban legends. This combines my enthusiasm for birds, food, and science myths, so I warn you that I may get long winded ( or long fingered since I am typing.) Hummingbird at feeder. read more

Bread is not a good choice for feeding to the birds, but that doesn't mean it's all bad. read more

While you are searching for that rare scientific site, take a look at the arguments the other sites use to say that feeding bread to birds is bad. The most common argument is that bread, especially white bread, has little or no nutritional value. read more

Bread contains very little protein, which birds need to develop muscles and feathers, and it does not contain the fat birds need for energy. Instead, bread is primarily a carbohydrate that, while it will fill a bird's stomach and alleviate hunger, does not provide much nutrition. read more