I've never seen Baltimore Orioles here, but just a bit south of here, at Point Pele in Canada, they're abundant. Don't know why we don't have some. Plenty of other birds however, but they don't seem to like the hard little cherries that appear on this purely decorative tree. Paul On Apr 25, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Paul, > Cherry trees are a favorite. > 2 came with the house we bought in Wisconsin. > 28 years ago, I discovered orange birds working the cherry blossoms. > (While I sat with my baby son sleeping in my lap.) > They were Baltimore Orioles and it's the right time for them now! > We put out orange halves and would like to try jelly, > but have to figure out how to keep the squirrels and racoons away. > Regards, Bob S. > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Paul Stenquist > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks Bob. I planted it fourteen years ago to commemorate a good >> friend's leaving town. It was just a twig then. Now it's spread is >> about 20 feet and its trunk is about a foot in diameter. >> Paul >> >> On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>> Paul, >>> Spectacular tree! Wish we had one. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Paul Stenquist >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I'm an avid gardener, and I have hundreds of trees, shrubs and >>>> perennials. But my Snowfountain Cherry tree is number one. >>>> Unfortunately, there's no real perfect shooting angle. It's in >>>> front >>>> of the house, so I can either shoot it with the bare trees >>>> across the >>>> street in the background or with the house in the background. This >>>> year I chose the former. So this is more about the tree than the >>>> photo. But It's a tree worth seeing. It produces literally >>>> thousands >>>> of blooms that extend nearly to the ground. (They would extend all >>>> the way to the ground save for the fact that the rabbits eat the >>>> branches:-). I've also included a tight shot of a bloom cluster. >>>> The >>>> tree was shot with the DA* 16-50 and flash fill, the branch ( a >>>> better shot) with the DA* 50-135. Love the bokeh that lens >>>> delivers. >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202288&size=lg >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202289&size=lg >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions.
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