[Tweeters] Why don't we see birds on blackberries?

[Dennis Paulson via Tweeters]

Jim, I have seen European Starlings and House Finches in some numbers in Armenian (Himalayan) Blackberry patches, and I assumed they were feeding on the berries.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Oct 7, 2024, at 11:51 AM, Jim Betz via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> Hi

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>   Now that the blackberry season is past - I was reflecting on the fact that, to the best of my

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> knowledge, I've never seen a bird eating blackberries.  I went to the web and looked it up

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> and, according to the web, birds do eat blackberries.  So why haven't I seen them doing this?

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> In fact - my observation is that birds seem to avoid blackberry stands (as in, if there are

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> other bushes nearby you are much more likely to see any birds there than in the blackberries).

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>   Are the blackberries on the East Coast different than here in the West?  I even found

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

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> on the blackberries).

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> - Jim

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