Actually, you should probably blame the Douglas Squirrels. They harvest
cones this time of year, and really can't help where they fall....

J. Acker
Bainbridge Island, Washington
owler at sounddsl.com

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Subject: [Tweeters] cone question

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


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