I saw my immediate neighbor spraying weeds (I hate all sorts of chemicals and i hate when people spray weeds). Would wild birds who all day long eating something off his grass be OK? My daughter sometimes does tumbling on his grass and then she walks in her shoes on my grass, and then my bunnies are eating grass in my yard - Is it not possible that she contaminates my grass bringing poison on her shoes? It's not that he sprays every day. I saw him doing it once. I used to pick dandelions for my rabbits on his grass - won't do it anymore.

Definitely don't use grass that has been sprayed to be on the safe side. But the toxicity might actually be very low depending on what he's using. The residue on shoes should be minimal so there shouldn't be any significant risk from just walking on the neighbor's grass and then walking on yours.

There are generally two types of weedkillers. There's the type that will kill any plant it's sprayed on, so you have to be very careful to only hit the bad plants not the good plants. Roundup is frequently used for this and it's nontoxic to animals as long as you aren't spraying it directly on the animal. There's also the pre-emergent type that prevents weed seeds from germinating but doesn't have any effect on existing plants. The wild birds should be pretty safe from either type. Household herbicides and pesticides are designed to do their job but be as nontoxic as possible to everything that you're not directly trying to kill.

thank you Carolyn.
I wonder how birds in the wild survive really bad weather (I am not talking about tornado, at least high winds, heavy rain, hail). Right now it's storming very bad and I am tempted to go out to see if any birds are using my nest at least as protection from inclement weather. C'on birds, don't be so stubborn! You are also allowed to land on my porch to sit under the roof.

I usually have several wild birds under my porch roof during a storm, either sitting up on the rafters or down on the brick floor.

A plant with thick foliage would offer a fair amount of protection from wind and rain, and that's probably where most of them go.

We have a lot of ducks in the neighborhood that occupied people's yards to nest. One was looking for a good spot in my yard but didn't stay (thanks God)
Yesterday I was driving in the neighborhood and saw mama duck and a bunch of very young ducklings climbing up the curb, I thought it was pretty dangerous -- people can run them over. I saw which yard they consider home, I just hope that people understand the situation and refrain from mowing (that is hard). I feel a little bad that ducks have to nest in people's yard. What do they feed babies, I wonder?

Ducklings, chickens, and a few other species are called precocial birds - they can walk around and feed themselves shortly after they hatch. Once the babies hatch I don't think they go back to the nest at all. The mother will lead them to places where food is available, and when they're done eating she'll lead them to a place where she thinks they'll be safe. Crossing roads is dangerous, but as long as they don't run out in front of a speeding car they'll probably be OK. The ducklings will grow fast and it won't be long before they can climb over the curb easily!

I once walked out into my driveway just as a quail family with tiny chicks was walking across it. The whole family took off running when they saw me, but one baby couldn't get over the curb. So I quickly scooped it up with my hands and lifted it up, and watched it run away toward the rest of the family. It was adorable.

I found broken egg shell (bluish with brown speckles) on my front that I identified as sparrow's. I located their nest on the tree at my front. I guess I should report illegal activities - invaders breeding! LOL
It's raining a lot. At least 5 other species are eating on my front lawn leftover seeds that I throw away

Found a pile of feathers under the large tree on the front, I wonder what could happen? The amount of feathers is worth a whole bird I think (possibly robin, by the color) but I don't see anything except the feathers. There is a small amount of other matter with a little bit of blood, but it looks like a whole bird got destroyed and maybe eaten there. The location is INSIDE our fenced area where bunnies have access. we closely monitor for cats and I haven't seen a cat for a long long time.
Who else could destroy a bird in this manner? Because of the rabbits I know there is no any wild animals where we live. just squirrels.

It might have been a hawk attack. A hawk attack leaves a lot of feathers behind but they usually fly off with the bird and eat it somewhere else. If something else had eaten the bird on the spot you probably would have found some remains of the less meaty parts, like a foot or a wing tip.

Wow that makes me scared for my rabbits. Now its very hot so they spend good part of the day in garage with AC on, other than there they love to be hiding under the deck or under the bush. We have never had any issues from the air. I think they would be too heavy for hawk to grab but who knows.
Poor little bird. I think most of them raise babies at this time so its sad to realize that babies possibly stayed without a parent: (