http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/ Bird Conservation Marketing - Promoting Conservation Through Birding Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3837 Lana Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:20:59 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3837 Sorry about the damage to the fence & power lines--glad it didn't take out any of your feeders or other, living things, though! We've been considering planting a willow in a low, wet spot in our front yard. About a year ago I was scared out of my chair by the BOOOM of one of our dead trees falling, too (no damage to anything.) Since then, the lower part (which remained,) has sprouted all kinds of new branches (that "our" birds use as a lookout on their way into our feeding area.) Nice to see it wasn't truly "dead" all along. Awesome on the flying squirrel! Sorry about the damage to the fence & power lines–glad it didn’t take out any of your feeders or other, living things, though! We’ve been considering planting a willow in a low, wet spot in our front yard. About a year ago I was scared out of my chair by the BOOOM of one of our dead trees falling, too (no damage to anything.) Since then, the lower part (which remained,) has sprouted all kinds of new branches (that “our” birds use as a lookout on their way into our feeding area.) Nice to see it wasn’t truly “dead” all along.
Awesome on the flying squirrel!

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 Daniel Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:54 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3835 Could it ba a possibility that the Read Headed WP sensed the tree would fall and so forth decide not to nest there?....it has left me thinking....either way the tree served its purpose for years on end and will still do important stuff for birding. Could it ba a possibility that the Read Headed WP sensed the tree would fall and so forth decide not to nest there?….it has left me thinking….either way the tree served its purpose for years on end and will still do important stuff for birding.

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3833 Carole Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:49:04 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3833 I stopped to watch the birds on a declining black willow every day this winter. They must play host to lots of little insects. I stopped to watch the birds on a declining black willow every day this winter. They must play host to lots of little insects.

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3831 Sandpiper Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:56:58 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3831 Good post and nice shots! I haven't seen a flying squirrel since I was a little kid and my aunt rescued one. She kept it in a mitten. :D We have a tree that is suffering and probably not long for this world, but I fought to save as much of it as we could last year. Good thing I did because a week after some severe cutting and trimming, baby squirrels emerged that I didn't know were nesting in there. The birds love the tree and I would miss seeing them there! I dread the day when it's gone. I'm hoping by then I will have moved away and won't know about it! Good post and nice shots! I haven’t seen a flying squirrel since I was a little kid and my aunt rescued one. She kept it in a mitten. We have a tree that is suffering and probably not long for this world, but I fought to save as much of it as we could last year. Good thing I did because a week after some severe cutting and trimming, baby squirrels emerged that I didn’t know were nesting in there. The birds love the tree and I would miss seeing them there! I dread the day when it’s gone. I’m hoping by then I will have moved away and won’t know about it!

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3829 The Zen Birdfeeder Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:38:39 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3829 What a nice legacy the willow left and will continue to leave! What a nice legacy the willow left and will continue to leave!

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3828 Shelley Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:08:19 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3828 That was definitely a "tree of life"! That was definitely a “tree of life”!

]]> http://birdfreak.com/willow-tree-collapse/comment-page-1/#comment-3826 Melissa Gold Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:45:36 +0000 http://birdfreak.com/?p=978#comment-3826 Hope nobody was nesting there without you knowing it.. :( Hope nobody was nesting there without you knowing it..

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