Building a perch

[Vettechjamie]

I am building a natural perch and I know the safe wood to use but my issue is I am no good at identifying the trees in my area... I have 3 that I was looking at and im curious if any of you can identify them.. I live in new hampshire and most have no leaves at the moment.

First:

I am thinking Beech because of the leaves but not 100%

Second:

I am thinking this is a young maple with the silver litchen. Poss a red maple. If this is I would make sure to strip the bark off of this branch.

Third:

Im not so sure about this one as it has cracks and more texture??

If you know the types of these trees please let me know as I dont want to introduce anything toxic.

J

 

[Vettechjamie]

Also should I worry about Sarcocystosis?? being on the branches or is the person im talking with just wayyy over protective and or just wants me to buy perches ?

 

[Birdy916]

I usually always give collected branches a good soak/scrub in hot bleach/soap water in the tub or a bucket or just on the driveway...

I always use more bleach than i need, just to be sure it works, because chlorine evaporates off anyways.

Let it airdry outside for about a day or so, then your good to go.

Im not gonna look thru them for you, but perhaps this may help
Category:Trees of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia