On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 08:20:04 -0400
songbird wrote:

snip
one group of beetles completely gone another
group (about 50ft away from the first) is half
gone. so something is eating them off the
stepping stones. without a camera watching i
can't say what...

Used to leave them in a pile along the edge of the driveway here too
and they would also disappear. Never spotted who took them either. Most
common bird noticed in the vicinity was Chipping Sparrow. But could
have been a Robin, Blue Jay, House Sparrow, Finch, Starling, Cowbird,
Grackle, Chickadee...

I heard an interview several years ago (maybe the Diane Rehm Show) where
the gentleman grew roses. He made/bent wire stakes so as to give birds
convenient perches along side his roses so birds could better pick
bugs off them. He seemed to be convinced that it was working too...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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