{"id":577,"date":"2018-05-14T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T16:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/?p=577"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T00:34:14","slug":"birds-birds-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/2018\/05\/14\/birds-birds-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds, Birds, Birds &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We love our birds &#8230; they are, after all, what gives our land its voice, makes us the \u201c<i>tir ce\u00f2lmhor<\/i>\u201d \u2013 the singing land.\u00a0 However, sometimes there are conflicts &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It started with the Saskatoon tree the year we arrived.\u00a0 We carefully extracted it from the mass of rose, ivy, and salmonberry that had overgrown it, and began the process of nurturing it into a productive tree.\u00a0 However, in the three years it has bloomed for us, we have yet to consume a ripe, juicy Saskatoon berry.\u00a0 The cedar waxwings move in as soon as the fruit begins to ripen, and get every berry that&#8217;s worth eating.<\/p>\n<p>Last year went over the top &#8230; a horde of purple finches landed on our golden plum tree as it was blossoming and ripped every single blossom off the tree.\u00a0 I have no idea why.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t consume the flowers, just dropped them on the ground and left.\u00a0 Needless to say, we got no plums that year.<\/p>\n<p>So this year, we fought back &#8230; with bird netting.\u00a0 Both the Saskatoon tree and the plum tree have netting enclosures built around them, and soon all of our berry bushes will be netted over as well.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see what our crops will be like this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Plum-with-netting.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-579\" src=\"https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Plum-with-netting-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Plum-with-netting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Plum-with-netting-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oceanecology.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Plum-with-netting.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Image<\/strong>: Golden plum tree and associated red huckleberry bush under bird netting.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love our birds &#8230; 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