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On 11/25/2010 12:53 PM, Blake Maybank wrote:
> I stuck the branches into a half-barrel near the feeders. I was curious
> to learn if anything would discover the berries, and how long it would
> take. All the berries disappeared that first day.
>
> I wasn't expecting such a fast result, and as I quite busy that day I
> had not kept an eye on the Bayberry. I do know there were no robins or
> waxwings around, or any other obvious berry lover.
* it may be an improbable candidate at this season, but the "Myrtle
Warbler (Dendroica coronata, now dubbed "Yellow-rump") was evidently
so-called because it ate "Myrtle" (=Bay) berries.
fred.
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