Hi Paul,
If the tree is in a safe location where no houses or property are in
jeopardy then leave it. It will definitely attract Woodpeckers, also if you
believe in natural selection, hawks will perch to see what is in the
neighborhood. I had a tree that died and it attracted owl, flickers, red
belly, hawk as well as nuthatch,and creeper. I am sure there were more feeding
off that tree. It finally came down after about 7 years. I loved that tree.
Regards
Jack
From: foxchap76@xxxxxxx
Date: 2005/05/26 Thu AM 09:23:12 EDT
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-bird] Backyard Tree died, should I cut it down?
I have a large tree that died over the past winter. it's about two feet in
diameter and about 40 feet high. Are there any "habitiat" reasons for not
cutting it down? I was thinking of cropping it at about 20-25 feet, and
leaving about three feet on each of the five branches that would remain. I
think I read somewhere that this would encourage woodpeckers (and others?).
No birds are currently nesting in the tree. Any ideas or resources you can
direct me to?
We have a quarter-acre lot in Arlington that backs to a substantial
neighboring yard, and two of the other four trees of equal size in the yard
are mature and in decline.
thanks,
Paul Blakely
Arlington
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