Tweeters,

Early Monday morning I awoke to the thump of Douglas Fir cones landing on our metal roof. That went on for an hour or so. The only bird species I could ID up in the tree tops were Juncos and a Black-headed Grosbeak, so I'm going to blame it on Grosbeaks. Just new green cones were coming down and none looked chewed on.

A bit down the road, under a medium sized Douglas Fir, lay a couple hundred green cones. Yesterday someone must have swept them up. This morning it looked like someone had put them back on the road. All the cones are closed. What sort of a stupid conifer reproductive plan is this?

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah