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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (26252)	5/24/2021 2:47:04 PM
From: towerdog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 96480

I planted two Paw Paw's and a cherry, put up two bat house's.....I had to do some major tree trimming to get some sun light...snuck out of bed early Fri morning to do a large limb on an old oak fell into my harness when it bounced and hit my ladder....need list to say my wife was standing on the deck dropped her coffee and started screaming.....she said she had a long weekend I thought she had Monday off...non stop lectures all day Friday for me.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (26252)	5/24/2021 2:49:12 PM
From: Lee Lichterman III	2 Recommendations Recommended By ajtj99 JSD Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 96480

I have a few red-tailed hawk nests. Been in the same places for years. I'm not sure if it's the same parents or multiple generations. I'm always amazed at how much they eat. I've caught them getting the occasional squirrel and even black snakes but they mostly get field mice/rats. I sit on my porch like right now and watch them dive down every few minutes all day long. They seem successful about 1/5. My owls are scary. When they fly by, you don't hear anything. Just a hulking presence cruising by. Unfortunately, the eagles don't stick around for the summer. We get bald and golden eagles from late December until around March but then they vanish. This is the time of year the regular birds pass through. I had some orioles and grosbeaks hang around the feeder last week but they're gone now. The purple martins are starting to move in but the starlings and sparrows are trying to take over so I'm alternating trading and picking them off with pellet gun or 22 depending on range. LOL EDIT - Believe it or not, vultures are fun to watch too. I have about a dozen turkey vultures most of the time. Some nest in my old 200 year old barn and sheep pen. They're huge and if you get too close to the nests, the baby's hiss. Grey heron is flying over right now.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (26252)	5/24/2021 2:49:21 PM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 96480

Hi Sun, I planted Lapin 5 cherry trees, 4 honey crisp apples, 1 clapp pear and 1 Bartlett pear and 1 Itlaian plum tree this spring. All seem to be doing well. I just noticed some leafhoppers yesterday, so I went our and bought some fruit tree spray amd citrus,nut spray for the pears. Nice healthy trees. Bought them through the county forester program. Quite a lot of work, but they'll be pretty in spring, and wonderful if we can cn something they produce. We do a lot of canning from our gardens. Great hobby! Bob

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (26252)	5/24/2021 3:16:16 PM
From: ajtj99	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 96480

Sun, what about putting up some plastic owls like you sometimes see at airports to ward off the birds from your fruit trees? urbangardengal.com They might also keep birds away from feeders, however, so you have to solve that dilemma.