All the Gray Dogwood plants, at Lake Kegonsa SP, were stripped clean a couple
weeks ago. I always would stop and check them out.
Steve Thiessen Stoughton Dane co.
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From: Bill Volkert
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 6:17 PM
To: Wisconsin Bird Network
Subject: [wisb] Gray Dogwood Berries
I have a number of stands of gray dogwood on our land and one stand just
outside our window. This has always been a magnet for thrushes in
particular, but recently I have had a wide range of species visit these.
It isn't always possible to see if all of the birds that are hoping among
the branches are actually eating the fruit, but I have been able to observe
several picking berries which we may not always expect to be fruit eaters.
This morning I had 2 red-eyed vireos and a yellow-throated vireo picking
dogwood berries and yesterday I saw a Philadelphia vireo eating these as
well. I also watched a blackpoll warbler eating there among a few other
warbler species and have sighted several other warblers among the bushes
which I cannot verify whether they are just perching there, eating insects
or actually taking fruit. In the past I have also seen eastern phoebe
eating berries, but we lost our nesting pair during the spring snowstorm.
At this time the shrubs are now nearly stripped clean of most berries so
they doesn't last too long but are definitely sought after, and the birds
provide the service of dispersing the seeds.
If anyone is looking for a good shrub for cover and fruit I would recommend
gray dogwood among other native varieties. They will need some room as
they can develop a dense cluster and tend to spread over time, but that
just means more bird habitat.
Bill Volkert
FdL Co
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Bill Volkert
Naturalist
www.billvolkert
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