Feeding Wild Birds

[Cebarmlds]

The Juncos here usually leave for the winter, this year three have stayed. They look really cold But the warm up has started, it was -20 this morning compared to -31 yesterday morning.

 

[alinas2010]

Starlings trying to stay warm in our tree today. Idk what kind of berries those are, but they were eating them.

 

[R2elk]

Starlings trying to stay warm in our tree today. Idk what kind of berries those are, but they were eating them.

Is that a Mountain Ash?

 

[alinas2010]

Is that a Mountain Ash?

You know, I looked that up and it appears to be. This is the first time I’ve ever seen birds eat the berries, though.

 

[R2elk]

You know, I looked that up and it appears to be. This is the first time I’ve ever seen birds eat the berries, though.

If it is a Mountain Ash, you can eat the berries too.

 

[sourland]

Had a grackle show up at the feeder today. Should have headed South long ago.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Birds are feeding feverishly during the snow. Seems to be an especially large amount of Juncos this year.

Glad I picked up seed before the storm. Has to be 50-60 Juncos having a party. Cardinals, Black Capped Chickadees, Titmouse, Doves and Woodpeckers. Smeared some peanut butter on the maple. It's a mad house out there. Nine inches of snow with an inch of frozen sleet and rain makes it tough for the birds to forage on the ground.

 

[alinas2010]

If it is a Mountain Ash, you can eat the berries too.

Oh don’t tell me that! Now my neighbors are going to watch me fall off a ladder trying to pick those. Do they taste good?

 

[Molpet]

Oh don’t tell me that! Now my neighbors are going to watch me fall off a ladder trying to pick those. Do they taste good?

Bitter until frosted a few times
Cooking With Rowan Berries https://share.google/ahaiqPqPhmxsAMP3z

 

[R2elk]

Oh don’t tell me that! Now my neighbors are going to watch me fall off a ladder trying to pick those. Do they taste good?

Never tried any. All the Mountain Ashes I tried to grow here did not survive.

My neighbors did not see me when I fell off of a ladder picking cherries.