I too enjoy the birds at that feeder. That request is ridiculous considering how far away any hemlocks are. All it would do is be detrimental to the birds, especially this time of year when they depend on feeders to survive. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid are also spread by humans, deer and other mammals… are they to be kept out of that area also? I hope you can convince those people that, even if all they care about is trees and not birds, that this is a fallacious non-solution to their problem. Otherwise, one idea might be to find an expert in this from the School of Forestry to knock some sense into them. On behalf of the birds of Gully Rd, thanks so much for all you do!
Sue Phillips http://www.wildbirdy.com/ Begin forwarded message: > From: joe & Diana <[email protected]> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] bird feeders and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid > Date: February 7, 2015 at 2:24:40 PM EST > To: Cayuga Birds <[email protected]> > Reply-To: joe & Diana <[email protected]> > > Hi All, > My husband andI have maintained a suet and bird feeder in our local > Skaneateles Conservation area for several years. We fill them both daily and > the feeder usually just has the same local birds year round with the > exception of the Tree Sparrows that settle in for the winter. We enjoy > watching them and so do many others that like to sit in their car and get a > close up view of the birds. > We just found a note on the tree today informing us to remove the feeders > due to the fear of the feeders attracting migratory birds that could possibly > spread the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid to some hemlocks that are about a five to > ten minute walk away. I understand that hemlocks are having problems, but is > a single bird feeder with a suet cake really contributing to the risk? I post > the birds for this feeder on ebird and the cast of characters rarely change. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Diana Whiting > > Diana Whiting > http://www.dianawhitingphotography.com/ > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
