Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-09-02 | Page 10 | How Much Food-Can a Bird Eat?

HOW MUCH FOOD- " CAN A BIRD EAT? Birds can eat and digest from ten ) to thirty times as much food in pro-i pro-i portion to their size as men can. If ' a man could eat as much in propor-I propor-I tion to his size as a sparrow is able to k consume, he would need a whole sheep ' for dinner, a couple of dozen chick-) chick-) ens for breakfast, and six turkeys for k his evening meal. l A tree sparrow has been known to eat 700 grass seeds in a day. Relative k to the bird's size, these seeds were as big as an ordinary lunch basket J ) would be to a full-grown man. J k A bird's strength is equallv amaz- ing. A white-tailed eagle, weighing J I twelve pounds, with a wing-spread of ? 6 feet, has been known to pounce on j a pig weighing forty-two pounds, I raise it to a height of a hundred feet ' i , and fly off with it. The bird had cov- , I j ered a distance of half a mile before . j the pig's owner succeeded in shooting ; 1 i the thief. : I