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["IE Ries" <ieries@xxxxxxx>]

There's one along the throughway at the back of my townhouse (we don't have
separate yards).  Every spring and summer, the birds and I enter into an
agreement:  I get whatever I can reach and they get the rest!  I have seen
birds really shake that tree down for berries, too, but I didn't realize
that ST's like it so much.

Unfortunately, we have so many stray cats running loose around here, I
wonder if any birds will hang around it.  Anyone have ideas on how to
permanently rid an area of stray cats?

Frustrated Irene
Southside Richmond


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Audubon Listserve" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10:12 PM
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Ginter today


> At Ginter Bot Gardens today we walked around the main pond and the
Children's Garden toward the upper pond, and there is a large mulberry tree
full of ripe mulberries there on the left side of the gravel road. We were
under it and noticed a Scarlet Tanager about 8 feet away, only about 8 feet
off the ground. That was the closest we had ever been to a Scarlet Tanager.
Before I could gather my senses and lift the camera, which had a 400 mm lens
attached, the bird was out of that tree and into a nearby oak. Then we saw
the female in the oak as well. Later we saw them again several times, but
never that close again. If you know of a mulberry tree that is ripe you can
use it to your advantage. They are very good at attracting all sorts of
birds this time of year.
>
> Al Warfield
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