On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Joe Barsugli wrote:

> Dear Tweeters,
>
> On Landscape design ...
>
> I am a big fan of the old Hawthorn in the front yard of our apartment
> building. It has the benefit of flowers (and lots of insects) in the spring
> and berries in the winter. It has attracted numerous species of warblers in
> both spring and fall migration, as well as a whole lot of other birds.
>
Joe, I'll give you a resounding second on the attractivness of Hawthorn
to birds, winter/spring/summer/fall it is the most productive food source
in our small yard. Warblers and swallows love the infestations of
leafhoppers and thrips. The berries are so attractive to fruit eaters
that it even pulled in a Red Lored Conure! ID tentative but I
got a good picture.

David Wilbur wedgewood/viewridge
dowilbur at u.washington.edu