Bird feeders, with their concentration and continual availability of higher-quality grain compared to what is available in the wild, create a dangerous vector for spreading infection in the avian population the same way that cities breed disease in humans by bringing them all unnaturally together.
Where do you get off writing special exceptions for yourselves? Are you special now? Hello pot, meet kettle! Like it or not Steve you are part of your own problem and I would like to see you step up to the plate for once and take your own medicine instead of telling everyone else how to live their lives while never looking at your own. It's all well and good to tell other people how to live, but you stubbornly refuse to change one iota of your life? Change is hard, isnt it? So is admitting a mistake, especially when one has a messiah complex where the animal and vegetable kingdoms are concerned.