[TN-Bird] edible plants, mockingbird, guinea fowl
- From: "Carole Gobert" <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:24:41 -0500
About 30 years ago I planted some of those little grape hyacinths which have
slowly spread and now dot my yard in a few places. This morning I watched a
mockingbird eating a couple of the "grapes". I've never seen this before.
I think they're called grape hyacinths because they look like grapes, not
because they are grapes. I guess the mockingbird was fooled because I
watched it pick off two of the little grape-like flowers, one at a time, and
eat them. Curious, I picked one myself and looked inside (no, I didn't eat
it); there's a seed inside each little flower surrounded by gushy stuff that
resembles the inside of a grape.
My snapdragons from last summer that I left outside in a planter all winter
and figured would die are still going strong. The other day I watched a
helmeted guinea fowl eating some of them. What's that all about?
Carole Gobert, west Knox County, Tenn.
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