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their surroundings.
Birds tend to be messy eaters and drop bits of fruit and seeds to the ground that quickly sprout into trees. This possibly explains why our old locust snag is now surrounded by three very fruitful mulberry trees. From May to July our back fencerow is a flurry of activity as waxwings, jays, robins, catbirds and thrashers use the snag as a lunch counter. We sometimes glimpse a deer or wild turkey that has come to pick up dropped fruit.
Our snag is seldom empty for long. Throughout the year a resident mockingbird and a flock of bluebirds use the snag as a favdfite hangout. Mourning doves perch there in the late afternoons. Last summer a cardinal, goldfinches and an indigo bunting used it as a singing perch. On Thanksgiving Day we watched a pair of kestrels fight for perching rights to the topmost branch.
If you are lucky enough to have a dead snag on your property, consider it a reminder that in dying, a tree harbors abundant life.
Doug Pifer, with a keen eye on the nature that is around us, writes from White Post.
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