Donna how do you discard that? Linda
> On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:49 AM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > We cut out all burdock we find at Salt Point, Lansing. > I have found some here at Kendal to cut. > > Donna Scott > Kendal at Ithaca > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:01 AM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com> wrote: >>> >> So good of you, Sara. This happens all too often. I came across a goldfinch >> several years ago, stuck fast in the burrrs of a burdock along the East >> Ithaca RecWay (near Game Farm Road). Sadly, by the time I came by, it had >> perished. >> >> Bob >> >>> On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Linda Orkin <wingmagi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> So glad you happened along and rescued him. Small birds getting caught in >>> noxious weeds as they’re foraging for the seeds is a know hazard. Lucky for >>> him you came along. >>> >>> Linda Orkin >>> >>>> On Oct 3, 2022, at 10:10 PM, Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yesterday as I was out walking, a couple pointed out to me, that there >>>> was a Gold Finch flapping about in a burdock plant! I went up to the >>>> plant and saw that the bird’s wing was clearly stuck and attached to the >>>> burdock, so I gathered the bird in my hand and gently pulled its' stuck >>>> wing feathers away. I half expected it to fly away—but instead it sort of >>>> fluttered to the ground—and continued to rest. There wasn’t an >>>> appropriate nearby tree to set it upon, so we just left the bird on the >>>> ground—but underneath some large leafed weed—well concealed. I went to >>>> same spot on my walk today, and there was no sign of the bird. I like to >>>> think that it escaped predators. However, I had several burdock plants >>>> attached to my arm! I’ve heard of hummingbirds getting stuck in spider >>>> webs—but this was my first experience of a bird being caught on a burdock >>>> plant. >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Sara Jane Hymes >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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: >>> 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: >> 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/ --
