I dig up the entire plant, including the substantial taproot, when I see the big heart-shaped leaves, well before the burrs form. Then I leave it upside-down to dry out & die, or in a pile of other plants I’m pulling out, again with roots in the air.
- - Dave Nutter > On Oct 4, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > 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> 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: >> 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/ --
