Paul, The Baltimore Orioles come for the blossoms (&bugs?) and are pretty shy! They are more difficult to see here than in Racine, Wisconsin where we lived. The former house had 13 fruit trees planted by a Univ of Michigan arborist. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never seen Baltimore Orioles here, but just a bit south of here, > at Point Pele in Canada, they're abundant. Don't know why we don't > have some. Plenty of other birds however, but they don't seem to like > the hard little cherries that appear on this purely decorative tree. > Paul > On Apr 25, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Paul, > > Cherry trees are a favorite. > > 2 came with the house we bought in Wisconsin. > > 28 years ago, I discovered orange birds working the cherry blossoms. > > (While I sat with my baby son sleeping in my lap.) > > They were Baltimore Orioles and it's the right time for them now! > > We put out orange halves and would like to try jelly, > > but have to figure out how to keep the squirrels and racoons away. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks Bob. I planted it fourteen years ago to commemorate a good > >> friend's leaving town. It was just a twig then. Now it's spread is > >> about 20 feet and its trunk is about a foot in diameter. > >> Paul > >> > >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >>> Paul, > >>> Spectacular tree! Wish we had one. > >>> Regards, Bob S. > > >>> > >>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Paul Stenquist > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> I'm an avid gardener, and I have hundreds of trees, shrubs and > >>>> perennials. But my Snowfountain Cherry tree is number one. > >>>> Unfortunately, there's no real perfect shooting angle. It's in > >>>> front > >>>> of the house, so I can either shoot it with the bare trees > >>>> across the > >>>> street in the background or with the house in the background. This > >>>> year I chose the former. So this is more about the tree than the > >>>> photo. But It's a tree worth seeing. It produces literally > >>>> thousands > >>>> of blooms that extend nearly to the ground. (They would extend all > >>>> the way to the ground save for the fact that the rabbits eat the > >>>> branches:-). I've also included a tight shot of a bloom cluster. > >>>> The > >>>> tree was shot with the DA* 16-50 and flash fill, the branch ( a > >>>> better shot) with the DA* 50-135. Love the bokeh that lens > >>>> delivers. > >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202288&size=lg > >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202289&size=lg > >>>> > >>>> Paul > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >>>> and follow the directions. > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >>> and follow the directions. > >> > >> > >> -- > > >> > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
