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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Wrens & Slugs

Hi:

Have been noticing talk about the birds.  I love the sparrows in the summer.
Have a nest for them over my dining room window.  Last summer I watched a
mother carefully lead her nestlings to my marigolds each morning.  I didn't
have to deadhead them all summer!

-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Lauterbach <mlaute@MICRON.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Saturday, March 14, 1998 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Wrens & Slugs


> The small
>>hole will prevent entry by the bane of all bird-watchers, English sparrows
>>(actually a finch) -- the wrens know that, too.
>>
>>
>>Dean Sliger
>>Ferndale, MI
>>Zone 6B
>>
>They may be a bane to you, Mr. Sliger, but they're not to me.  I watched an
>English sparrow stand patiently at a dandelion seedhead, gobbling seeds
>until they were all consumed.  I do not mind feeding them through the
>winter, and must say I don't care for the snobbish attitude.  Margaret
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