Subject: -Holly Trees and bird habitat
Date: Feb 22 22:04:58 2004
From: Wilson E Cady - gorgebirds at juno.com
Jan,
About ninety percent of your holly seedlings will be male and
therefore will not have any berries. They do make good windbreaks and if
trimmed so they become bushy they are fair for roosting birds.
Wilson Cady
N45 35.618' W122 13.738'
Washougal, Skamania County, WA
gorgebirds at juno.com
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:27:45 -0800 "J Bonham" <jvbonham at msn.com> writes:
When I was outside last week I walked over the the tree line that borders
our yard. It isn't really trees, my husband says, but some kind of a
bush. Well, this bush is about 50-60 feet tall now and has leaves year
round, which birds have adopted as a waystation in their migration. I
noticed that several small holly trees are starting to grow at the base
of these "trees." Does anyone know if they will be advantageous to the
birds, or should I cut them down before they get any larger? There is
such a variety of birds that it seems like the holly would interfere with
the brush at the bottom of these "trees", and the branches with year
round leaves are great for attracting many unusual types of birds. I'd
hate to lose the branches that the birds now love, but if the holly would
be a good habitat for other types of birds, I would appreciate knowing
before I cut down the holly.
Jan Bonham
Centralia, WA
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