Do you get birds nesting in your roses
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Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
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neat photo of a birds nest in my roses
Comments (15)Curly, I, too, had a bird's nest in my Duchesse d'Auerstadt arbor - a cardinal's nest. I spooked her twice. Once trying to tuck in some wayward canes and once trying to get a photo of the babies. Turns out the babies were more mature than I thought. They flew away. Woosh! Scared me good. I was on the phone with my sister at the time, and she was yelling, "Get away, get away, you'll hurt them. They won't be able to get back in the nest." I said, "Sue, they FLEW AWAY. They're fine." Yours is very cute. Just wait till they hatch! Sherry Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation......See Morebird's nest spruce getting brown needles in center - PIX
Comments (10)well??? others might argue.. but frankly.. in my experience.. and dad has had them around forever.... if it wasnt bald in the middle... it wouldnt be called a nest ... lol and its a function of maturity .. as it expands out.. its natural inclination ... it leaves the middle bare ... wait until lit fully flushes out .. snip out any totally dead nubs .... and try to convince yourself.. it looks cool that way ... and if you cant deal with it.. time for them to go ... i wonder if they are in full sun.. that close to the house .. and if not.. that might be a complicating factor ... i do NOT believe it is bug nor disease ...and besides the cleanup.. there is nothing you can do about it ... other than divest.... ken...See Morebird nesting in my rose arbour
Comments (3)Well, it can help to thin it out some to allow good air circulation and sunlight exposure. I totally agree with good soil, feed it with some compost or compost tea. Prune off or knock off the ratty leaves if you can without disturbing the birds. If there is alot of them, you might want to collect them and bag them and throw them out to avoid re-infection, some people compost all of that and some don't. In my opinion, it is a lovely treat to have birds nesting in my garden, I am thrilled by that, and would rather accept some spotted leaves. Another, more drastic option, is to get rid of the rose (shovel prune it) if it is mostly ratty looking, in favor of a more adapted variety, but don't do this during the nesting season. Good luck, and enjoy....See MoreWhat birds do you not want to nest in your yard?
Comments (15)According to the Migratory Bird Act, it is illegal to remove nests of any native migratory birds. "Unless permitted by regulations, the Act provides that it is unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture or kill; attempt to take, capture or kill; possess, offer to or sell, barter, purchase, deliver or cause to be shipped, exported, imported, transported, carried or received any migratory bird, part, nest, egg or product, manufactured or not." "Birds protected under the act include all common songbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds, hawks, owls, eagles, ravens, crows, native doves and pigeons, swifts, martins, swallows and others, including their body parts (feathers, plumes etc), nests, and eggs." There are over 800 species of bird protected by this act. My understanding is that the only birds whose nests it is legal to destroy are House Sparrows, European Starlings, pigeons, and a few odd others (escaped parakeets, e.g.). Even house wrens are protected. http://www.sialis.org/mbta.htm Here is a link that might be useful: Migratory Bird Treaty...See Moreingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
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