tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post4399414034134277605..comments2024-03-06T23:10:27.232-05:00Comments on Susan Gets Native: I'll let you know when to stop readingSusan Gets Nativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-4849345897186099822007-06-22T22:09:00.000-04:002007-06-22T22:09:00.000-04:00Laura first told me Datura is poisonous so I moved...Laura first told me Datura is poisonous so I moved it out of the back yard. Now I think I'll remove it completely. Thanks.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-26738461644835557482007-06-22T20:51:00.000-04:002007-06-22T20:51:00.000-04:00Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), Nightshade family....Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), Nightshade family. Toxic as <B>hell.</B> Kills cattle and sheep that graze on it, fruiting structures have poisoned curious children. Some people get a contact dermatitis from touching the leaves or flowers. From tropical Americas. Not one that I let live around my yard. http://www.doitnow.org/pages/525.html<BR/><BR/>Datura species have been used in various native peoples' religous rites. If you read the "Earth Children" series by Jean Auel, datura figured in those stories as well.<BR/><BR/>Beautiful Prothonotary! I haven't seen one yet this year (and I've been looking.)<BR/><BR/>Your mom needs a Sparrow Spooker as well as to start trapping. (www.sialis.org/sparrowspooker.htm)<BR/><BR/>I have a male HOSP hanging around here and he won't go into any of my trap boxes. I am terrified he will get my bluebird or martin babies. As well as wrecking eggs, HOSP can kill baby birds, even females who are incubating/brooding their young. Not good. Wonder if they would eat Jimsonweed?<BR/><BR/>Dguzman: The bluebirds may try to renest there, or they may abandon that box because of the murder. One year, I had a pair lay 3 eggs that were destroyed by a HOSP. They laid 2 more, which the HOSP also destroyed, then they left. The HOSP didn't even use the box, he moved on, too. That pair never came back; the next year, I had a new, young bluebird couple move in. That's when I went to trapping and using the Spooker. Doing much better now, thanks!<BR/><BR/>~KathiKathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-4826965805322808912007-06-22T12:16:00.000-04:002007-06-22T12:16:00.000-04:00Wow, never seen a Prothonotary before! I am very ...Wow, never seen a Prothonotary before! I am very jealous! I hear you on the house sparrow bit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-29168382157809966992007-06-22T10:34:00.000-04:002007-06-22T10:34:00.000-04:00I wouldn't want to be on your bad side, either! F...I wouldn't want to be on your bad side, either! Fortunately for me, I'm in total agreement with you regarding HOSP. I have become well acquainted and attached to Bluebirds this year and would take revenge on any bird that would attack them or any other innocent bird. <BR/><BR/>I just love that photo of the girls sitting at the end of the pond. That's beautiful!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-69370195625296972612007-06-22T10:26:00.000-04:002007-06-22T10:26:00.000-04:00Girl, I sure wouldn't want to get on your wrong si...Girl, I sure wouldn't want to get on your wrong side. I agree with you on the HOSP. We have many types of invasive species and plants that we're dealing with up here.Dave Dorseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883772873840662336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-23874470468405591512007-06-22T09:46:00.000-04:002007-06-22T09:46:00.000-04:00sheesh, and I was gonna guess "eggplant blossom"!!...sheesh, and I was gonna guess "eggplant blossom"!!!<BR/><BR/>I am with you on the HOSP situation, though it's taken me a while to come off my "but all birds are cute and deserve to live!" train. Man, I'm almost crying now, thinking about those poor bluebirds. Shit! Will they try another brood? Please say they will, Susan!dguzmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811101661607351661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-80902809439950153942007-06-22T01:13:00.000-04:002007-06-22T01:13:00.000-04:00Rant on, woman! I am right with you.Rant on, woman! I am right with you.entotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765602736333069178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-38018276594899405322007-06-22T00:05:00.000-04:002007-06-22T00:05:00.000-04:00Laura, you stinker. You are right!Datura stramoni...Laura, you stinker. You are right!<BR/>Datura stramonium. How did I miss that in my ID guide?<BR/>I don't think I will share my datura recipe with Mom.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18239868.post-53734324464006246102007-06-21T23:54:00.000-04:002007-06-21T23:54:00.000-04:00I'm with you on the house sparrow thing, Susan. I...I'm with you on the house sparrow thing, Susan. It's not easy, but I'd rather have more bluebirds!<BR/><BR/>Your mom's flower is a datura of some sort, don't you think?<BR/><BR/>... I was ready to say something snarky about your aphrodiasic theory, but I'll refrain...LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.com