DEC confirms botulism in Babylon park birds -

Babylon Village Resident wrote:

I blame all the new residents moving into the village from Nassau County. Please, stay in Massapequa and Merrick or just move out of state. Stop tearing down the quaint historic neighborhoods and replacing them with brick faced "luxury" McMansions.

You are so wrong in assuming it is newcomers who are the problem. I lived in Babylon for 30 years. I have news for you. The bread thing was going on back then. Some of the biggest offenders were long time Babylon residents.
The solution would be to institute a hefty fine that would put a stop to it. Bread was never meant to be food for birds.

Poor ducks and geese. I was there on Labor Day with my daughter and husband, there were 2 dead animals in the lake. But also found in the lake were huge tires off a monster truck and beer cans floating. It was sad.

Its a city/suburban thing to feed wild life.Long Island is very populated and there is no wild areas.

I live in the Adirondacks in up state where there is alot of wiid life.
I never in my life gave them hand-outs.
I have an understanding of wild life.
Birds ducks,deer,,,,,,,,,do not to people for food.Wild animals have out-standing hunting And scavavger sills.
I see idiots on Long Island feeding seagulls,ducks,deer,,,,,,yet there is no need to do that!!!!
These ceratures have survival skils built in them.
When I see city slickers feeding birds its obvious they are not connected to nature.

oiram ifnab wrote:

Did the ducks have botox injection?

Ha ha. I thought Henny Youngman died a few years ago.