An apparatus and method in which a variety of organic and inorganic materials containing nutrients suitable for the diet of aerial insectivores 6 are processed into pellets or flakes 2 of a suitable shape and size and texture. The flakes are then distributed by mechanical or other means so that they may easily be taken as food by aerial insectivores in flight in the open air. Preferably once the flakes have been distributed in the air for aerial insectivores, any uneaten flakes 7 can be easily recovered so that they can be re-used immediately. Embodiments of the apparatus include distribution means in the form of a hopper and fan 5 combination, gravity dispensing the feed via a pipe (fig 5) or scattering the material from the top of a building (fig 4).
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