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Rubus armeniacus, the Himalayan blackberry [2] or Armenian blackberry, is a species of Rubus in the blackberry group Rubus subgenus Rubus series Discolores (P.J. Müll.) Focke. It is native to Armenia and northern Iran , and widely invasive elsewhere.
In season, red-winged blackbirds eat blueberries, blackberries, and other fruits. [18] These birds can be lured to backyard bird feeders by bread and seed mixtures and suet. In late summer and in autumn, the red-winged blackbird will feed in open fields, mixed with grackles, cowbirds, and starlings in flocks which can number in the thousands. [63]
Birds are unaffected by the poisons in the berries, [9] and eat them, dispersing the seeds. The berries are reported to be a good food source for songbirds and other bird species and small animals that are unaffected by its toxins. [24] Distribution via birds is thought to account for the appearance of isolated plants in areas otherwise free ...
In summer, gray catbirds will eat mostly ants, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and moths. They also eat holly berries, cherries, elderberries, poison ivy, bay, and blackberries. They also often peck the eggs of other species of birds, but it is unknown if they do this to supplement their diet or to reduce competition for food from other birds.
[10] [14] Mockingbirds also eat garden fruits such as tomatoes, apples, and berries (like blackberries, raspberries, other bramble fruits, holly berries, mulberries, and dogwood), as well as grapes and figs. [26] [27] [23] [24] These birds forage on the ground or in vegetation; they also fly down from a perch to capture food. [14]
The pied currawong is an omnivorous and opportunistic feeder, eating fruit and berries as well as preying on many invertebrates, and smaller vertebrates, mostly juvenile birds and bird eggs, although they may take healthy adult birds up to the size of a crested pigeon on occasion. Currawongs will hunt in trees, snatching insects and berries, as ...
These are arboreal birds that breed in northern forests. [5] Their main food is fruit, which they eat from early summer ( strawberries , mulberries , and serviceberries ) through late summer and fall ( raspberries , blackberries , cherries , and honeysuckle berries) into late fall and winter ( juniper berries, grapes , crabapples , mountain-ash ...
On occasion, red wattlebirds have raided vineyards and orchards for grapes, stone fruit, figs, olives, loquats, apples, pears, and berries, which they puncture and extract the juice or flesh from. [63] The red wattlebird has been kept as an aviary bird in Sydney. It is not difficult to look after, but can be very aggressive to other cage birds.