Most finches and sparrows like to feed on dried blackberries in the winter
months.

Hans

On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM Matt Bartels via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Jim -

> Did't you ask the same question a couple years back? I recall a lively

> list of responses that time too

>

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

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> >

> >

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

> bird(s)?

> >

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

> ripe)

>

> > On Oct 7, 2024, at 11:51 AM, Jim Betz via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > Now that the blackberry season is past - I was reflecting on the fact

> that, to the best of my

> >

> > knowledge, I've never seen a bird eating blackberries. I went to the

> web and looked it up

> >

> > and, according to the web, birds do eat blackberries. So why haven't I

> seen them doing this?

> >

> > In fact - my observation is that birds seem to avoid blackberry stands

> (as in, if there are

> >

> > other bushes nearby you are much more likely to see any birds there than

> in the blackberries).

> >

> > Are the blackberries on the East Coast different than here in the

> West? I even found

> >

> > pictures of birds "in the blackberries" (but did not see very many of

> them actually feeding

> >

> > on the blackberries).

> >

> > - Jim

>

> Matt Bartels

> Seattle, WA

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