I wonder what the robins would have been eating 100 years ago. The
ones in my yard are scarfing down cotoneaster and yew berries,
neither of them native. I don't know of anything in the neighborhood
that would feed them now, and I don't suppose there would be any
around here (the worms are shivering deep underground). If you
subtract all the exotic berry-bearing trees and shrubs planted in
towns, the Pacific Northwest might not be able to support very many
fruit eaters in winter. How many people have robins or Varied
Thrushes feeding on native fruits around their houses?
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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