Perhaps there is also a need to emphasise planting suitable new
shrubs before the old ones are removed from the site? I have
noticed that piles of dead prickly things (not sure if that term is
a genus or a species) at Newline are very popular with Southern
Whiteface and Superb Fairy-wrens. I also recall Jack Holland
commenting that leaving, rather than burning, heaps of briars and
brambles after they have been cut provides refuges for small birds.
Martin et al,
We still have the old remains of a Banksia rose that was growing over
the top of our garden shed. We removed the rest of it, but left that
sitting on the top because the little birds were utilising it all the
time. While a bit of a fire hazard over the years, it still provides
a refuge, although now it is starting to break down a bit and compact
in on itself. I still see the wrens in particular go into it on
regular occasions when they're in the vicinity. I don't know whether
they nest or just shelter in there, but I will try to keep it as long
as it is useful to them.
Cheers.
Paul T.
Higgins, ACT.
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