I’m also trying to establish Staghorn Sumac in my yard for winter bird food. Sometimes the autumn foliage is not just red, it can have a nearly complete rainbow of green-yellow-orange-red-purple!
One of the challenges is removing the somewhat similar invasive Ailanthus. - - Dave Nutter > On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:53 AM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > I love sumacs & always let them grow. > Bluebirds & Robins & others eat the berries in winter. Including “my” > Pileated wdpkr. > In fall the foliage is brilliant red! > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:50 AM, "anneb.cl...@gmail.com" <anneb.cl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> A lovely pair of Pileated woodpeckers had a protracted morning tea on sumac >> seed heads....making the sumac look very spindly! >> >> As always am working on ways to increase the sumac population. Beauty and >> utility! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
