Lloyd thanks for the menu! Sounds like no shortage of food where you are at. No grapes where I was last week. All the mountain ash that was hanging 2 weeks earlier, is gone. Birds are eating mostly alder cone buds and ash (or maple) seeds with a lot of fresh greens that are still available at ground level.

The few red berries that we did see in crops were, perhaps immature Mt. ash, but they were smaller than normal and somewhat whitish on one end as if not completely ripened.

I'll post some pics and commentary about the last trip tonight or Wednesday.

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