Also add to the list of birds eating Pokeweed berries in my yard: Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, European Starling, American Robin, and Eastern Bluebird.
- - Dave Nutter > On Oct 17, 2023, at 9:26 AM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > > Agreed, Pokeweed berries are great bird food, as well as being beautiful > colorful plants. I have also had Swainson’s Thrush, Gray Catbird, Scarlet > Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo, and Northern Cardinal eating them. > > - - Dave Nutter > >> On Oct 16, 2023, at 11:49 AM, Regi Teasley <rltcay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> All >> If you need another reason to garden for wildlife, here’s one: >> We just had a flock of Waxwings, mostly juveniles, dining on Pokeweed >> berries. Humans can’t eat them but the birds really appreciate them. >> >> Regi >> >> West Hill in the City >> >> ____________ >> Creativity is the heart of adaptive evolution. >> Terry Tempest Williams >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
