Hi Dennis, The Madrona trees in our neighborhood are a huge hit with the
robins and Varied Thrushes; the few trees in view of our window are cleaned
of berries within a few days of ripening (of course, Cedar Waxwings always
turn up for the event also). I imagine there were more of these trees in the
past.



Amy Cole

Madrona neighborhood, Seattle

amylcole at hotmail.com



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Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 4:25 PM
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Subject: [Tweeters] berry interesting



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