[wisb] Re: Silver Maples and birds
- From: "Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie" <vbochsler@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Betsy <Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:22:09 -0500
I recently read that the silver maple is also one of the best trees at
absorbing carbon to help fight global warming. An all around great tree!
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:51 AM, <Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree with Elaine's observation of this stellar bird magnet. I can
> count on the large silver maple (unfortunately) close to my house to be a
> tree
> of great service to birds. It accounts for the highest number of sitings
> in the yard, and clearly is a warbler magnet, particularly in the spring
> when clouds of gnats and gnat-like insects swarm around the tree buds as
> they
> open. Its insect residents are targeted by Cuckoos to Flycatchers through
> Woodpeckers, and was host to my first yard-bird back in October, 2002, a
> Brown Creeper. It cools the house in summer creating a soothing
> microclimate. It is with heavy heart that I must remove this soft-wooded
> friend of all
> things feathered in the coming year, as its (8') proximity to the house
> along with the anomalies of weather present potential issues.
>
> If bird-folk have a largish yard or land free of overhead wires and nearby
> septic fields, I would recommend including silver maple in the mix. Moist
> soils are suitable for this fast-growing tree.
>
> Betsy Abert, South Milwaukee
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/8/2014 12:10:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> elaineseverin@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> In our brambly backyard, sap runs freely from the crevices of an old
> Silver Maple. Today, I watched a feathered quartet arrive on the trunk
> of that
> rough, fissured bark. All in the space of a moment - Brown Creeper
> spiraling, Red-bellied Woodpecker inspecting a cavity, Downy making chips
> fly, and
> a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker stuck on sweet sap. Old Silver - the great
> attraction.
>
> Elaine Swanson
> Pickett
> FDL County
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