[Tweeters] Why don't we see birds on blackberries?
Jim Betz via Tweeters
tweeters at u.washington.edu
Mon Oct 7 11:51:01 PDT 2024
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
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