At 9:33 AM -0700 9/17/02, David Lyles wrote:
>The berries are in clusters. The tree is about 15 ft. tall. The
>limbs and branches are thorny; the wood is soft, and easily cut.
>I've posted two pictures of the birds and the treetop at
>
>http://davidlyles.net/Band-tails.html

David,

the resident botanist is on the east coast, so I'm going to stick my
neck out on this; why did you say they weren't elderberries? Looks
like elderberry to me from the photos.

Those with more botanical knowledge than I are welcome to make fun of
me if I'm in error. When you're married to a botanist, it's awfully
easy to rely on "What's that, dear?", and not bother to really learn
the plants.
--
Rob Saecker
Olympia
rsaecker at thurston.com