Is it cruel to have bird feeders in your garden,…?

If you have a cat? We have a lovely garden that backs onto a nature reserve. For years we have had several bird feeders in our garden and it is such a pleasure to watch them being used over the winter (we especially attract blue ****). Over the summer we acquired a cat. He hasn't [...]

Are bird feeders a good idea?

Bird feeders………well, they feed birds but are they a good idea? They give birds food but couldn't they also make birds more lazy by relying on a person providing them food? There's also the chance that younger birds won't/have a smaller chance of being taught how to catch worms.
I'm not talking about pet birds.
I [...]