{"id":1256,"date":"2013-11-16T23:03:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2014-04-07T01:21:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T05:21:52","slug":"arboretum-birds-and-winter-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/arboretum-birds-and-winter-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Arboretum: Birds and Winter Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that fresh fruit is no longer available, birds have taken to picking off what is left on the trees.  Sometimes a frost or two helps soften fruit, making it more palatable.  I saw a few birds visiting some fruit trees this Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Cedar waxwings were all over a Korean mountain ash (<i>Sorbus alnifolia<\/i>), picking off the fruit.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1257\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/01_waxwings_ash.jpg\" alt=\"Cedar waxwing eating fruit of mountain ash.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/01_waxwings_ash.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/01_waxwings_ash-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cedar waxwing eating fruit of mountain ash.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Another flock of waxwings visited an oriental photinia tree (<i>Photinia villosa<\/i>).  Photinia is a member of the rose family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1258\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/02_waxwings_photina.jpg\" alt=\"Cedar waxwing eating fruit of oriental photinia\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/02_waxwings_photina.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/02_waxwings_photina-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cedar waxwing eating fruit of oriental photinia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>American robins visited the same tree.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1259\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/03_robins_photina.jpg\" alt=\"American robin eating the fruit of oriental photinia\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/03_robins_photina.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/03_robins_photina-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American robin eating the fruit of oriental photinia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back on Meadow Road, robins joined European starlings in picking off the fruit of a cork tree (<i>Phellodendron amurense<\/i>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1260\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_1260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 810px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/04_starling_cork.jpg\" alt=\"Starling eating the fruit of cork tree\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/04_starling_cork.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sicloot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/04_starling_cork-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_1260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starling eating the fruit of cork tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ebird.org\/ebird\/view\/checklist?subID=S15680756\">Complete e-bird checklist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that fresh fruit is no longer available, birds have taken to picking off what is left on the trees. Sometimes a frost or two helps soften fruit, making it more palatable. 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