Date: 8/6/25 9:49 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Pileated Woodpecker
I have had the same observation in my yard. Pokeweed has 29 Bird Users, along with the American Beautyberry 38 Bird Users. Those without these plants in their yard are missing out on food for the Pileated Woodpecker and many other species that eat fruits. You can get buy these at the Native Plant sale or online. The Pokeweed needs lots of sun, dies back in the winter but comes up from the roots in spring. The Beautyberry is a perennial shrub that has survived our single digit temperatures in the winter and is drought resistant. With the value of these and other native plants for birds and other wildlife, why would you have your yard filled with exotics like Boxwood and pay people to trim them up to look like a ball on a Poodle’s tail? It is time that native plants that provide habitat for wildlife to become a status symbol.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: JANINE PERLMAN
Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2025 10:57 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Pileated Woodpecker
I've witnessed them doing the same thing here. :-)
Janine Perlman
Alexander Mt., Saline Co.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 09:34:29 AM CDT, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
