Letter: Don’t cut the coneflowers!
September 11, 2024 at 10:54 p.m.
An American Goldfinch alights on a coneflower in Cristina Buccieri’s yard at 44 Elmont Ave.Courtesy of Cristina Buccieri
Wait! Before jumping into fall cleanup, think twice before cutting a coneflower. In your backyard you might have beautiful coneflowers that bloom in the summer months. Once fall rolls around, they might start to appear dry and frail. Although you may be tempted to cut them down, they continue to serve as a food source for many gorgeous birds such as the American Goldfinch pictured in the accompanying photo. Cardinals, finches, blue jays and other birds rely on plants like this in order to survive during the fall and winter months. So, during your fall cleanup this year, consider leaving the coneflowers and helping the birds.
Cristina Buccieri
Port Chester
Cristina Buccieri is a sophomore at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers. She is active at Audubon of Greenwich and was the recipient of a scholarship to Hog Island in Maine to study puffins and other birds this summer.
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