Date: 2/25/26 9:26 am From: Jean Brocklebank <jeanbean...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] NYTimes.com: Hoping for a Lively Spring? Welcome the Woodpeckers.
Maybe we shouldn't be williy nilly removing all "dead" and "dying" trees in the name of FireWise. Dead and dying is a human resource social term. The epitome of hubris. All trees are habitat for non-human species.
Want to live rurally? Harden your human home; don't take away (destroy) the homes of other species.
Jean
On Feb 25, 2026, at 8:55 AM, larry corridon wrote:
> I usually think about bluebirds when I think about bird boxes, volunteering with the bluebird box project at Quail Hollow. Maybe we should start considering more woodpecker boxes since a lot of their habitat has been lost as dead and dying trees are removed from the habitat.
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> Larry
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> Hoping for a Lively Spring? Welcome the Woodpeckers.
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> The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/realestate/hoping-for-a-lively-spring-welcome-the-woodpeckers.html?<unlocked_article_code...>&smid=em-share
