Carol Reese Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District University of Tennessee Extension Service 605 Airways Blvd. Jackson TN 38301 731 425 4767 email jreese5@xxxxxxx Unfortunately, I sent my previous message without a careful reading, and my typo reads that "the man" attracting migrating birds, and should have read "them" attracting migrating birds. I hope it is clear to all that it would be the female producing the fruits, not the male. Meredith, thanks for the tip on 'Miss Scarlett' and also about freezing berries. I knew a man (Jack Finch, who made the very best bluebird houses) who put lots of dogwood berries in the freezer each year for "his" bluebirds. It's a great idea...and you are right about the heavy fruit load on everything this year, I guess making up for last year. Besides the ones you mentioned, I've seen lots of "fox grape" this year. I also see lots of birds feeding on the red berries of sumac, but they may not need freezing - they seem to hold on the plant pretty well through the winter. As for poke, they do love it, especially the mockinbirds and thrashers. By the way, my little Jack Russell terrier mix, Tadpole, must have squeezed her way through a big downed pokeweed last week in the early morning dew. Her mostly white coat was gorgeously striped with purple, sort of mottled and water colored by the dew, but still quite vivid. I got pictures to prove it. cr =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________