Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid-Atlantic Bird Watching - Fall 2013, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I have very little protection. Just some short, bushy boxwood-type evergreens
behind my grill. There are 3 of them. They are very old--and pretty naked inside,
but the green canopy is there, as I trim them every year. The sparrows literally live in there...

On the other end of the patio are two VERY old, tall Burning bushes.
Of course--they are naked in the winter--as are both my trees. That is it!
When the Burning Bushes leaf out--there are, usually, a couple birds that nest in them.
There is a cat bird (the ones that scream at you) that nests there every year.

At least my big feeder is under roof and out of sight for hawks.
I filled it up today...as well as the Finch feeder. Haven't seen any Finches around at all,
not even in the summer... Someone is slowly pecking out the seeds, though.
G.

June, 2013
!--Here you can see the big Burning Bushes
2--Here are the Evergreens behind my grill on the opposite side.