Re: NYers beware: tent caterpillars

That's the thing.  The birds in this neighborhood know that if I don't  put 
birdseed out, 5 of my other neighbors will.  They have no shortage of  food.  I 
don't think they would know how to forage for food if they had  to.  I have 
some shrubs that produce berries that I have read that birds  eat.  These 
berries are pretty much untouched in my yard even after a long  winter, and I don't 
use pesticides.  I only keep wasp spray on hand in case  I'm under attack.  I 
can only surmise that these birds don't look for  natural sources of food 
because they don't have to.
 
 
Eva
Long  Island, NY
Zone 6/7

In a message dated 5/8/2005 10:42:22  P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:


LOL -  girlfriend - you got some lazy birdies in your neighborhood.  
Mine  are well fed (some are pretty fat) but they will eat bugs, grubs,
snails  and loopers and such too.


On 5/8/05, EvaTEsq@aol.com  <EvaTEsq@aol.com> wrote:
> I wish the birds and other creatures in  my yard were that ambitious.   The
> caterpillars would have  my trees knawed down to the branches before the  
birds
> figured  out they were there.  I live in a suburban neighborhood and   
around
> here the birds like to have their food handed to them in a  pretty bird  
feeder.
> 
> Eva
> Long  Island,  NY
> Zone 6/7

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