Our Daily Bird 43: Birds & Berries
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 7:39AM
Elle_Ann in Elle_Ann, Gardens, berries

I love viewing and photographing colourful berries at this time of year.

David's daily bird made me wonder: if I were a bird, which berries would I consider chocolate, and which ones, brussels sprouts?

290/365Arbutus unedo (Strawberry tree)
Vancouver, BC, November 2010

 

289/365 Callicarpa, possibly C.bodinieri (Beautyberry)
Vancouver, BC, November 2010


Red leaves & berriesCotoneaster horizontalis (shrub with red berries) & Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper, which produces blue-black berries)
Chilliwack, BC, October 2010


257/365Euonymus europaeus (Euopean spindle tree)
Vancouver, BC, September 2010


Dogwood tree berriesCornus kousa (Dogwood)
Vancouver, BC, September 2010


IMG_4527Lonicera periclymenum (honeysuckle)
Vancouver, BC, September 2010


SnowberriesSymphoricarpos albus (Common snowberry)
Vancouver, BC, August 2010


Raindrops & berriesNandina domestica (heavenly bamboo)
Vancouver BC, November 2009

 

I found some answers to my question in these resources:

BirdForum, Which berries do birds prefer?

Landscape Ontario, Inviting birds to your garden

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK) Birds and berries

Wildlife gardening, Feeding the birds

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