Alyssa,
I know I have to fight the insects for my share of the mushrooms I like to
eat, and it makes me wonder if the birds know how mushrooms can be loaded
with bugs. Did you get the sense that the birds were consuming the
mushrooms, or rummaging through them for insects? Very interesting behavior
Mushrooms almost immediately attract a range of small insects, some of which
specialize on reproducting in them—tiny beetles, gnats (flies) and I am sure
several other groups. I wonder if they were not picking these easy insects
off, especially given their juvenile (klutzy predator) status? Th
Good morning,
I observed something so strange this morning. There are several dozen juvenile
tree swallows all over the back lawn at the Montezuma Audubon Center
(presumably staging?) fluttering in the air and landing on the ground. I
watched multiples feeding on these small white mushrooms, wh
