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Hi all this is meant to be a helping thought, I am sure a</div>
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lot of you know already. Frugivorous birds tend to eat small</div>
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berries, hence thrushes like Robins and Varied Thrushes</div>
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are out and about in Western Washington and hopefully</div>
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in Cle Elum too.</div>
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In Discovery Park, a predominant winter berry is Crataegus</div>
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monogyna or English Hawthorn. Look for it especially near the </div>
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Sand Dunes near the South Bluff.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);"> It is widely naturalised in the </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Seattle area as a landscape specimen. Currently there are many</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Robins around and a few VATH. Also there are flocks of Cedar</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Waxwings around. It is of note that this is the only place in the</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">Park where have found Bohemian Waxwings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">The last Townsend's Solitaire visiting us was on this Hawthorn</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">species over by the South Parking Lot. Please don't disturb the</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">birds when taking photos. David</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background: var(--white);">David Hutchinson, Discovery Park and Flora & Fauna</span></div>
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