[TN-Bird] Re: Fall Food
- From: "Roger Applegate" <Roger.Applegate@xxxxxx>
- To: <livingglassart@xxxxxxxxx>,<cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:28:46 -0500
It's important to remember that most birds are very adaptable to eating
the foods that are most available and abundant. As long as there is a
diversity of foods available to them they will fare perfectly well even
if a few foods are scarce. For many species, food IS NOT the limiting
factor to their welfare. In an earlier post, the issue was holly
berries, which based on lots of food habits studies dating back to the
1930's, are not a preferred food of many birds. They may consume them
more or less depending on local availability.
Roger D. Applegate
Small Game Coordinator
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Ellington Agricultural Center
PO Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
PH: 615/781-6616
FAX: 615/781-6654
Email: roger.applegate@xxxxxxxxxxx
UPS Address: 440 Hogan Road
Nashville, TN 37220
FedEx Address: 5107 Edmonson Pike
Nashville, TN 37211
>>> Anna Varney 09/26/11 7:47 PM >>>
I noticed a few days ago a squirrel feeding on the Eastern Red Cedar
right off my back porch~it seemed to be feeding not on the berries but
on the foliage itself. At the time I thought it was rather odd having
never seen them do this, although they do tear at the outer covering of
the truck (I'm assuming to line their nests). There are acorns about,
most look like they have been split in half but not eaten. Other acorns
that have fallen look much smaller in size then in previous years. Here
we are surrounded by hickory trees and metal roofs~~ a few weeks ago
they started falling which is always loud and it was pretty constant for
a few days, since then its been very silent which is unusual.
Anna Varney
Perryville, Decatur Cty, TN
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Come to think of it, I haven't seen any walnuts on my two small walnut
trees. The birds are enjoying the pine cones. I have poke weed and two
beauty berry bushes that are laden with fruit. A mockingbird was out
there enjoying the beauty berries today and probably guarding the
supply.
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
From: jreese5@xxxxxxx
To: magicboy15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Fall Food
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:07:26 +0000
Huge load of acorns on the one of the few chestnut oaks (Quercus prinus
aka montana) I know of in the region, next to the hospital in Union
City.
"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
* Aldo Leopold
Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx
From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of G R LAUGHLIN
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:12 PM
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Fall Food
Someone mentioned no acorns or other nuts this fall and wondered about a
spring freeze. Apparently we had something because I had no apple
blossoms or apples this year. I do have walnuts already falling for the
squirrels. I also feed corn.
Nita Laughlin
Springfield, TN
9-26-2011
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