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Book review: ‘The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees’
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“The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees” by Douglas W. Tallamy ($27.95, Timber Press).Timber Press
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By Sally Peterson
“The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees” by Douglas W. Tallamy ($27.95, Timber Press): The author captured my attention with the first paragraph of the prologue. The parallels between his story and my husband’s and my experience are amazing. We also acquired an untended property in 2000. Our 10 acres of oak woodland also were just grasses and invasive species, mainly star thistle, with only a few majestic native black and white oaks.
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By now birds are finding their own food and have less need for that sunflower seed we have been providing during the cold days of winter. So what can we do to help our birds as they go into the season of having young? Growing native trees and shrubs on our property can be a huge help to our bird friends.
Let me explain. It is not enough to put out birdhouses, we need to help birds find food for their chicks. The diet of baby birds is about 90 percent composed of caterpillars. Caterpillars â the larvae of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) â are high in fat and protein that developing birds need to grow and be healthy. One clutch of chickadees can, according to entomologist Doug Tallamy, a PhD researcher from the University of Delaware, consume 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars in the 16 days from hatching to fledging. And most parent birds continue to feed their chicks even after they have fledged.
By now, birds are finding their own food and have less need for that sunflower seed we have been providing during the cold days of winter. So what can we do to help our birds as they go into the season of having young? Growing native trees and shrubs on our property can be a huge help to our bird friends.
Let me explain. It is not enough to put out birdhouses; we need to help birds find food for their chicks. The diet of baby birds is about 90% caterpillars. Caterpillars the larvae of
Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) are high in fat and protein that developing birds need to grow and be healthy. One clutch of chickadees can consume 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars in the 16 days from hatching to fledging, according to entomologist Doug Tallamy, a researcher from the University of Delaware. And most parent birds continue to feed their chicks even after they have fledged.
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