Thought maybe a new topic was in order. Not intending to criticize fsentkilr or his project in any way. If people have seen birds respond to cedar plantings, I'd like to hear about it.
Yes, I've seen birds in and around cedars when there's snow on the ground. We've all probably seen pictures from North Dakota of hundreds of birds clustered in multi-row shelterbelts that include cedars--during their long and brutal winters. But I thought that current "wisdom" was that cedars' thirst for water and propensity to spread and take over lead most biologists to recommend against planting them.
Further, the PF biologist I once worked with strongly suggested that I get rid of the half dozen or so that were growing on some of our ground. He didn't present it as a "right now, this is an emergency" issue, but more like a "they do more harm than good, they'll spread if you let them, and they're easy to get rid of" issue. But this wasn't Ness county--this was southeast of there.
Do others think they do more good than harm? Everything is local, so maybe in some parts of Kansas with more frequent severe weather and less moisture (making the cedars less able to take over) that could be.
Yes, I've seen birds in and around cedars when there's snow on the ground. We've all probably seen pictures from North Dakota of hundreds of birds clustered in multi-row shelterbelts that include cedars--during their long and brutal winters. But I thought that current "wisdom" was that cedars' thirst for water and propensity to spread and take over lead most biologists to recommend against planting them.
Further, the PF biologist I once worked with strongly suggested that I get rid of the half dozen or so that were growing on some of our ground. He didn't present it as a "right now, this is an emergency" issue, but more like a "they do more harm than good, they'll spread if you let them, and they're easy to get rid of" issue. But this wasn't Ness county--this was southeast of there.
Do others think they do more good than harm? Everything is local, so maybe in some parts of Kansas with more frequent severe weather and less moisture (making the cedars less able to take over) that could be.