[wisb] Re: Silver Maples and birds
- From: "Dan and Mary Pat Panetti" <dpanetti@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 09:40:28 -0500
Also the tree of choice for Baltimore oriole nests in my yard!
Dan Panetti
S.E.Ozaukee county
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Subject: [wisb] Re: Silver Maples and birds
>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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