Article: Weed Dangerous To Hummingbirds
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Weed Dangerous To Hummingbirds
If you love hummingbirds, keep your garden, yard, and property clear of weeds. Especially burdock. The prickly seedheads of common burdock can trap and kill hummingbirds.
During September, 1998, three hummingbirds were caught and died in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. A fourth hummingbird was rescued by bird watchers.
According to National Park Service biologists, the burrs act like Velcro. The barbed points on the burrs cling steadfastly to fur, clothing, skin, feathers--almost anything that comes near.
As the tiny birds thrash around trying to free themselves they become even more entrapped.
While not much has been written about the subject, a consulting ornithologist in Burnaby British Columbia reports that the weed do...
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