The purple excrement from large European Starling flocks can be a problem
this time of year if a blackberry patch is near a parking lot for example.

Russ Koppendrayer
Longview

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 2:44 PM Thomas Dorrance via Tweeters <
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> Robins too, sometimes becoming inebriated if the berries are fermenting,

> just as with bears and Saskatoon berries.

> Tom Dorrance

> Seattle

>

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM Scott Ramos via Tweeters <

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>> Jim,

>>

>> Several species, including Fox Sparrows (often), Golden-crowned Sparrow,

>> Spotted Towhee, House Finch, Purple Finch. There are likely many more.

>>

>> Scott Ramos

>> Seattle

>>

>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM Jim Betz via Tweeters <

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>>>

>>> Question - has anyone ever seen a bird feeding on blackberries? What

>>> bird(s)?

>>>

>>> - Jim in Skagit (where the blackberries are coming

>>> ripe)

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