Is rice bad for birds?

Uncooked, milled rice is no more harmful to birds than rice in the field, Cheesman said. The Curator of Ornithology at the University of California at Berkeley agrees. “It’s a myth. read more

Wherever it came from, you can quit worrying about the birds. The reality is that rice poses no harm to them. Wild birds eat uncooked rice all the time with no ill effects. Many types of waterfowl, shorebirds, and migratory birds depend on flooded rice fields to maintain fat in the winter. read more

Despite the fact that rice is not harmful to birds, many churches still ban it for weddings, which perhaps has kept this myth going with people assuming the reason is that rice kills birds. The real reason for the banning has nothing to do with the health of our avian friends. read more