Re: fwd: Birds
>Now they spend much of the day foraging for food in the garden.
<snip> >I've even seen birds pulling slugs from their hiding places
>Rachel - Oregon
I have stopped filling my bird feeder this summer, mainly because we're
moving and I keep forgetting, but you make a good point. We have
goldfinches by the hundreds this year (another product of el nino`??)
that sit on any purple flower in my garden. They especially love my tall
purple phlox.
Anyway, what does one do about *bird damage*? The sparrows and mourning
doves have taken a liking to my sedum (autumn joy and another one that
resembles it whose name escapes me), and they all have large, triangular
*beak bites* in the leaves. If I walk around the corner of the house and
startle them, a whole flock rises up and scatters. I have never had
problems with insect pests on these sedum, so I don't think they're
feeding on pests. They're eating the leaves!! To a lesser extent, they
are chomping on the foliage of my clematis as well.
Any ideas or deterrents? I don't use chemical pesticides in my garden
either, Not for any greater good, but because I'm too cheap to buy them.
TIA
Pat
USDA Zone 5 Milwaukee suburb - Wisconsin
Pat-Mitchell@juno.com
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