February 2000 1. Keep an eye on the birds. Birds with dirty feathers can not fly.
Check feeders regularly.
Remember the birds that are ground feeders, and sprinkle some birdseed on the ground when refilling your feeders. Begin pruning fall-blooming shrubs as well as grape vines while they are still dormant. Remove suckers and cut away damaged growth from all woody plants. Also, now is the time to prune berry bushes to encourage new growth and fruit production. If you prune plants such as azaleas, dogwoods, forsythias, rhododendrons and Bradford pears now, you will cut off all the flower buds for this year.