[Tweeters] robin extravaganza

[Carolyn Heberlein via Tweeters]

Hi Tweets,

I always have some robins in my garden in the Fremont neighborhood of
Seattle.
They love to take baths in the saucers of water that I have on the flat
roof of my garage.
They love it in the winter, when it is icy out and I fill the bird baths
with hot water for them (and other birds).
They love to eat berries in my garden: strawberries, raspberries,
blueberries, and blue huckleberries.
We pretty much share those crops.

What they love to eat this time of year are the berries of the Mountain Ash
and the Holly.
In the past week, they have been gorging themselves on the red berries
of both.
I have several Mountain Ash trees in my garden, so there are plenty of
berries for large groups of robins.
One young Mountain Ash tree didn't have strong branches for them to perch
on.
I watched them fly up to the berries to try to get them.
Later in the day, I saw that they were successful. No berries were left.
They are still stripping my Holly. In the past, sometimes they wouldn't eat
them until after Christmas.
So I would have green holly leaves with red berries, if I wanted them for
decoration.
But most years, a riot of robins comes and strips the tree in a few days.
I've never seen seedlings of Mountain Ash, but Holly seedlings are
everywhere.

I enjoy watching the robins.
I'm happy to keep them happy.

Carolyn
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