[Tweeters] Hawthorn Happenings?

[Michael Price]

Hi tweets,

I remember that if you wanted to find wintering Purple Finches on the west
side of Vancouver BC, just look for a row of hawthorn trees. But breaking
down winter haws require birds with heavy, powerful bills, which pretty
much eliminated robins and waxwings. If you wanted to see robins and either
species of waxwing chowing down on winter berries, check out the mountain
ash trees (also known as rowan and *Sorbus*), *pyrocanthus* and
*cotoneaster* shrubs. At these latitudes In winter, robins and waxwings
rove about, often in large gangs, and can strip a mature berry-laden
mountain ash tree in a  couple of days.

best wishes, m
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