honeysuckle as cover?

[jimbo&rooster]

So I have heard from some people that honeysuckle makes good cover for quail and I've heard that it doesn't. I had intentions of planting sourgum in strips to connect some honeysuckle patches as part of a habitat project I'm starting. Any info would be awsome. Seems to me like I've seen and heard birds in thes patches, just wasn't sure if I should be utilizing it or trying to get rid of it.
Jim

[ezzy333]

Honeyshucle provides good cover but offers no feed value and is consider invasive in some areas. There are better shrubs to use.

Ezzy

[shags]

Used to trial on some grounds that had a lot of honeysuckle. You could put birds in there, but you'd never get them out. They'd run and hide under it, and the darn stuff was just about impenetrable - couldn't wade through it.

[gunner]

Honeysuckle the shub or honeysuckle the vine. Most land stewards would consider both alien species invasive. We spend countless hours trying to eradicate the stuff.

[jimbo&rooster]

I understand that alot of people are getting rid of their honeysuckle and from a hunting stand point i agree, i've had my pup point in it alot with no real results. however, i am looking at this from a habitat/conservation point of view. from the looks of things there is bare ground beneath the vines and I have heard birds whistling from the edgerows. my intention is to give the birds a loafing area with a feed area which will provide a food source and cover for times when there is none due to the seasonal nature of ag land. I assumed that the honeysuckle would provide good cover from avian predators since hawks are makinga come back and are prevalent i intend to plant a mixture of various food crops as well as various buffer strips throughout the crops them self for erosion purposes. Im trying to have a rough plan before I contact the local DNR biologist.
thanks
JIm