Re: blue jay bathing lesson NOW Cedar

Yah :(.

Unfortunately the tree guys said it all had to go.
I have not the mustered up the courage to count the rings, but the
stump is easily 2.5 feet in diameter.  

I love they way they smell even before they're turned into mulch!

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:18:43AM -0500, Zemuly Sanders wrote:
> Karen, what a beautiful cedar.  What a shame to have lost its top since it 
> appears to be extremely old.  I have two battered ones that have been 
> estimated to be about 150 years old.  They are just about my favorite tree.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Karen Fernsler" <kmwos@korora.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] blue jay bathing lesson
> 
> 
> > Thanks for sharing that.
> >
> > I needed that.
> >
> > I'd been watching Doves since March nesting in a hanging basket outside
> > the porch.  One of the eggs hatched and for about three days
> > we could see the chick being fed and happily raised and all, but after 
> > some
> > swirly/twirly thing went through our yard last week, the poor little thing
> > was gone.
> >
> > It took this tree with it as well:
> >
> > http://lurch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/apr_2006/
> >
> > The swirly/twirly went on to rip off the sheet metal of a structure 1/4 a
> > mile up the road, and then flatten a huge stand of trees.  This was at 
> > 1:30am,
> > but luckily, no people were hurt!
> >
> > The Dove parents are still around... I hope they try again!
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 03:40:19PM -0500, Pam Evans wrote:
> >> Saw something pretty cool while out watering.   A mama blue jay hopped in
> >> her favorite birdbath and one of her fledglings hopped in next to
> >> her (monkey see, monkey do).  Well the little one just stood there, and 
> >> the
> >> mama splashed water on him.  He kinda shook it off and stood there.  She
> >> splashed him again and I swear it was like you could see the little light
> >> bulb above his head go on!  Ohhhh, a bath, cool!   So then both of them 
> >> took
> >> their baths and flew up to a low limb to shake and preen.
> >> Anyway, it was pretty neat and I knew the bird lovers would like to hear
> >> about it.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Pam Evans
> >> Kemp TX
> >> zone 8A
> >>
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> > (Later:)  I bought one of those little glass ball things with the snow
> > in it...  Just checking.
> >
> > -Steven Wright
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(Later:)  I bought one of those little glass ball things with the snow 
in it...  Just checking. 

		 -Steven Wright

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