Try the bush cherries from Canada . Sour or pie cherry .My cherry tree is a rotting tree, I hope petrifies soon, as a memorial to my one cherry I harvested off it.
It was the worlds most expensive cherry, and I had the privilege of eating it!
Yes Frost Saturday morning .
I found Reliance peach no hardier than Elberta . Plus it is mostly clingstone no matter what they say .
Cowbirds are native . The parasitic trait on nests evolved due to them following buffalo herds for the bugs and stuff . So their food source was always on the move .
House finch is a west coast native . Introduced as a cage bird in places like New York city in 20s or 30s as I recall . They were going to bust the pet shops and people for having them . So they turned them loose . Took awhile but they spread .
The collard dove has been in the pet trade a long time . Will not cross with our native dove . As a kid I tried .