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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Internet Message

At 09:07 AM 3/14/98 -0500, you wrote:

>What I am curious about is: The Slugs seem to be nocturnal, but are
>the Wrens? To be affective, the Wrens would have to be night feeders,
>unless the Slugs do their dirty deeds during the day? Anyone have an
>opinion on this? >
>Forrest in Iowa
FORREST:
        Watch your wrens during the day and you will find them bringing slugs to
the nest for their young. Most birds do their primary feeding at dawn and
at sundown; at dawn the insects are warming up and moving, but not too
fast, and at dundown the mosquitos are available. I have slugs, and I find
them all the time in the early morning, sometimes in/on water droplets on
leaves, or on the ground under the leaves, on the bluestone that stays
cool, and in the furrows on tree trunks. So they are available to the wrens
during certain hours of the day. Just be thankful that you don't have a
slug problem.

Carolyn Q. Bryson, Indianapolis, Zone 5
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