[birdky] Mulberry tree
- From: "joyce porter" <joycelporter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 21:39:33 -0500
Four or five yrs ago I noticed I had a new tree that had sprouted all on its
own. It was in a line of trees
that serve as a screen between the front of the house and the highway. I
recognized it as a Mulberry
and decided to see if it would bear fruit. Since I try to manage for
wildlife, my yard looks about half wild.
Besides Chimney swifts which nest in the flue of one house there are present
other nesting birds such as Brown Thrasher,Gray Catbird, and those
ubiquitous American Robins throughout the nesting season. Besides birds I
have Goundhogs, Eastern Cottontails, Gray and Fox
Squirrels,Chipmunks(which I don't manage for), voles and moles, and an
occasional Racoon.
For three days running, I have watched a juvenile, speckle breasted Robin
come to the tree and
take a ripe red fruit.These are huge mulberries . The young bird plucks one
off the tree, flies to the ground ,places the fruit on the ground and eats
it a piece at a time. This juvenile is the only one
I,ve seen feeding on the mulberries , I suspect the adults are grabbing a
berry and flying off to eat it.
Joyce Porter Falls of Rough, Ky.
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