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kay · 31-01-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ragnar

"kay" wrote in message
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stuart noble;948774 Wrote:

But, for the first time this winter, blackbirds are now gobbling the
pyracantha berries. Ominous

My blackbirds have changed behaviour - for the first time ever, they are
eating the yellow holly berries. And the pink/white pernettya berries.
But they're still ignoring the cotoneaster, which they always have
regarded as inedible, along with Skimmia.

In my garden the cotoneaster are always left until last. The rowan (Joseph
Rock) are always the first and are gone by early December.
R.

Joseph Rock is yellow, isn't it? Maybe I've got an intelligent blackbird who has extrapolated from my yellow rowan berries (gone much earlier than December!) that yellow holly berries would also be good.

My first is always the redcurrants. Then cherries, amelanchier, and then the early Worcester apples. Then they take in the Rowans before returning to the rest of the apples.