BERRIES 
Fox Sparrow 
Blackberry, blueberry, red cedar, elderberry, eu- 
onymus and pokeberry are the fruits chosen by this large 
and richly plumaged fellow. 
Towhee 
The towhee or chewink is very exclusive in his 
breeding habits, always selecting a dense thicket in a 
quiet place for his nesting site. During the migrating 
season, however, he is quite social and may frequently 
be seen in the shrubbery about villages and towns. Chaff, 
hemp and small grain scattered under a brush heap or 
thicket will usually aftract him at this season. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
In certain parts of his range, this beautiful bird 
seems to have a fondness for the obnoxious potato beetle, 
an injurious insect eaten by comparatively few birds. He 
also relishes wild blackberries, elderberries, and wild 
raspberries, but when these are not obtainable, the fruits 
of mountain ash, buckthorn, black cherry, dogwood, 
Juneberry, mulberry, pokeberry and sumac are eaten. 
Cardinal 
Flowering dogwood, wild grape, wild blackberry, 
mulberry, hackberry, wild raspberry, blueberry, buck~ 
thorn, red cedar, black cherry, choke cherry, holly and 
spicebush furnish food for the flaming cardinal, In 
the spring he seeks weed seeds and dried berries under 
thickets and shrubbery. Wheat, oats and especially 
corn, scattered in such places seldom fail to aftract him. 
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