If you want to feed the wildlife it is ok to ‘toss’ the food to them folks.
Animals are not hung up on etiquette, they won’t mind.
Down on one of the Florida Keys there is a small marina where you can feed huge Tarpon that hang around the dock. They sell you a small bucket of baitfish for a couple of bucks, and they instruct you to toss or drop the bait into the water and watch the fish charge. Since the smaller Tarpon appeared to be 30 pounds or larger and some may have gone a hundred, hand feeding them would be risky!