RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-03 Thread Regi Teasley
Meena, I second your points. Gardening for wildlife (especially birds) is a great project, a lot of fun and a delight when the birds come. Regi I am also a fan of Spice Bush (lindera benzoin) and Winterberry, among many others. Something as simple as Black Eyed Susans and Cone flowers (

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-02 Thread Nancy W Dickinson
nce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu>] on behalf of Meena Haribal [m...@cornell.edu<mailto:m...@cornell.edu>] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-02 Thread Linda Orkin
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-02 Thread Nancy W Dickinson
012 9:05 PM To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Hi all, I am a little bit concerned about promoting Forsythia for birds. They are just good for landing and hiding for birds near bird feeders. But they really are

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-01 Thread Linda Orkin
list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Haribal >> [m...@cornell.edu] >> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM >> To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon >> Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L >> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds >> >> Hi all, &

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-01 Thread Terry P. Mingle
nce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-44814036-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Meena Haribal > [m...@cornell.edu] > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM > To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon > Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsyth

RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-01 Thread Marie P Read
l [m...@cornell.edu] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 9:05 PM To: Ann Mitchell; M Kardon Cc: Nancy W Dickinson; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Hi all, I am a little bit concerned about promoting Forsythia for birds. They are just good for landing and hiding for birds near

RE: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-01 Thread Meena Haribal
Hi all, I am a little bit concerned about promoting Forsythia for birds. They are just good for landing and hiding for birds near bird feeders. But they really are not such healthy food for birds. http://www.ehow.com/list_6019009_pests-forsythia-bush.html Forsythia is promoted as the plant w

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-04-01 Thread Ann Mitchell
I have a great forsythia bush near 4 feeders and have never cut it back. It is looking rather ratty these days, so I figured that when the blooms are gone, I will cut it to the ground. I figured it would sprout up sometime in the summer, definitely by the fall. Is that your take on pruning and bi

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-03-31 Thread M Kardon
And, the deer don't graze on the forsythia! Marsha Kardon - Original Message - From: "Nancy W Dickinson" To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:52:30 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds Since this has been such a spectacular seaso

Re: [cayugabirds-l] forsythia for birds

2012-03-31 Thread Linda Orkin
Nice images you evoke. I am glad your birds have such safe, bushy perches and you get so much enjoyment. Linda Sent from my iPhone On Mar 31, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Nancy W Dickinson wrote: > Since this has been such a spectacular season for forsythia, I thought I'd > mention that my bird feedi