C4-—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26,1981
Wildlife haven
(Continued from Page C 2)
farmer, his crops, livestock,
buildings, woodlots, and equip
ment.”
Mrs. Adams remarked that
farmers today are realizing the
benefits of birds because of their
depleting numbers. Almost all
farmers reported insect control as
a benefit from birds along with
recreational and aesthetic value,
rodent and rabbit control, weed
control, food for the table, income
from hunting, and scavenger
activities.
After learning about the birds
plight, Tim went to work building
several attractive bird homes for
the bluebird, wrens, martins and
chickadees. He also hoped to at
tract quail, grouse, woodpeckers,
hummingbird and mourning dove
with food patches scattered
throughout the haven.
Since his haven was already
occupied by mature trees and
shrubs, he planted low vegetation,
and seedling plants such as the
Pine & Maple
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birds.
The haven’s water is supplied
naturally by a stream in the
pasture. But Tim was in the ex
perimenting mood and wanted to
add an attractive feature to his
haven with a bird bath. The bird
bath was a simple design with a
wash basin and hole. He dug a hole
the same size of the wash basin and
placed the basin in it keeping the
water fresh and easily removable.
Adams remarked that Tim’s
haven is just one unique way of
providing and attracting specific
wildlife near your home or farm.
Howeve , all farm wildlife havens
need not be as specialized and the
farmer can provide the basic four
needs by just following a few
conservations steps in their far
ming methods.
One such conservation farming
method would be to leave a hun
dred feet or so along the borders of
fields for later mowing which
leaves the nest unharmed and
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areas" Adams suggests that the
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dogwoods, multiflora rose,
conifers or other ground covers
which will provide the needed
shelter and make the unuseful
“odd areas” useful.
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into the past, but provide an ex
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the fence rows and hedges ac
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cover of one kind or another close
to the farmer’s fields where food
could be found. Then came the
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construct than any of their
predecessors and less wasteful of
valuable cropland. These type of
fences provide no cover for
wildlife. Consequently, a new kind
of fence has gained popularity
along with wildlife management on
the farm said Adams. It is the
living fence of close-growing
shrubs.
Mrs. Adams noted that recent
tests have shown that shrubbery
fence rows harbor fewer harmful
and many more beneficial kinds of
wildlife than do grassy fence rows
on the farm.
The naturalist remarked that
those are just a few of the simple
ways a farmer can contribute to
wildlife management on their farm
with little cost.
Tim’s wildlife haven is a prime
example of what can be attracted
by the appropriate habitate said
Adams. Upon completing his
wildlife haven, Tim’s efforts were
quickly rewarded when a mour-
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ning dove nestled in the un
dergrowth, a downy woodpecker
stopped in for a few days, a tufted
titmouse is making its home, and
squirrels scamper about daily.
Adams remarked, “After a year
of those kinds of visitors. Tim will
have a bulging wildlife journal. ”
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