I have a great forsythia bush near 4 feeders and have never cut it back. It is looking rather ratty these days, so I figured that when the blooms are gone, I will cut it to the ground. I figured it would sprout up sometime in the summer, definitely by the fall. Is that your take on pruning and bird security? Ann
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 9:00 PM, M Kardon <mk2...@pol.net> wrote: > And, the deer don't graze on the forsythia! Marsha Kardon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy W Dickinson" <n...@cornell.edu> > To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:52:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds > > > Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd > mention that my bird feeding area is flanked on both sides by large > forsythia bushes. In every season, the feeder birds find shelter there > between feedings, and when danger threatens. Right now the bushes are > beautiful AND full of birds, and my FOY Chipping Sparrow just popped out of > one for a few minutes of pecking at the seed on the ground. One of my > bushes is ancient and huge, and requires twice-a-year pruning (not to > confine its shape, just its size), but the other is only a few years old, > an off-shoot of the older one, and is a usual staging area for sparrows and > juncos etc. on their way to the feeder. A cheap, simple landscaping plant! > I recommend it. (Also, in cold winters, birds seem to eat the buds, and in > those years, my forsythia blooms in October!) > > > Nancy Dickinson > Mecklenburg > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird ! > -- > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
