# Bird Diet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-diet/393631>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-diet/393631 "2007-02-25T19:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-diet/393631/1 "2007-02-25T19:24:00Z")

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It’s snowing and I can see some starlings outside my window, walking around in the snow, pecking at the ground. What are they eating? Birds have a high metabolism and it’s the wrong time of year for bugs. Why aren’t they starving to death?

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**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-diet/393631/2 "2007-02-25T19:46:16Z")

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[What do non migratory birds eat?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409819) A recent thread asking much the same question that yours does.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-diet/393631/3 "2007-02-25T20:29:46Z")

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In the case of starlings, they are probably eating seeds.