At Salt Pt we discard whole burdock plants & burrs cut up in big garbage bags. Don’t want the things we cut out to seed elsewhere!
Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:01 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: Burdock is one of the non-native invasives which I actively eliminate from my property for this reason. But it’s not just small birds and big burrs which can be a problem. I once rescued an exhausted Gray Catbird ensnared in a stand of what I think was Virginia Stickseed, a native plant. On a happier note, this morning I have 2 Nashville Warblers hover-gleaning at Goldenrod flowers outside my kitchen window. - - Dave Nutter On Oct 4, 2022, at 8:00 AM, bob mcguire <bmcgu...@clarityconnect.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<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/ --
