Date: 10/17/24 5:29 pm From: GLENN D'ENTREMONT <gdentremont1...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Wood Ducks and Blackpolls at Upper Mystic Lake
I would guess the fruit has a pit/seed and has no nutritional value to the bird. The bird's bill is designed to be able to pierce the casing. This is done so adeptly must be done frequently. What do Blackpoll's eat in the winter?
Glenn
Glenn d'Entremont: <gdentremont1...> Stoughton, MA
> On 10/17/2024 6:00 PM EDT Laura Markley <lauramarkley14...> wrote:
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> Birds have at least 10x fewer taste buds than humans have.... but can avoid toxic foods somehow (thanks Google!). Maybe the casing is toxic to them? Or maybe they're just like children who prefer the innards of the PBJ to the crust.
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> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 5:24 PM <sohzendeh...> mailto:<sohzendeh...> wrote:
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> > Does anyone know the name of this berry-bearing shrub?
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> > Soheil Zendeh
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> > From: <massbird-approval...> <massbird-approval...> On Behalf Of GLENN D'ENTREMONT
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 8:32 PM
> > To: Childs, Jackson <jchilds...> mailto:<jchilds...>; <Massbird...>
> > Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Wood Ducks and Blackpolls at Upper Mystic Lake
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> > Watching this video I was wondering what the Blackpoll was doing with the berry(ies). It appeared it was not eating them, but was doing something and then dropping them. We get our answer at about the 3:00 mark; the bird is taking the pulp and dropping the casing.
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> > Wow.
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> > Glenn
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> > Glenn d'Entremont: <gdentremont1...> mailto:<gdentremont1...> Stoughton, MA
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> > > On 10/15/2024 5:12 PM EDT Childs, Jackson <jchilds...> mailto:<jchilds...> wrote:
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> > > This is a quick video from Shannon Beach area this morning.
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> > > Best,
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> > > Jackson Childs
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> > > Arlington, MA
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