TABLE 1. - Groups of flesny fruits most attractive to birds througtiout the 



United States 



Name of fruit 



Species of birds known to eat the fruit 



Common 



Generic 



Numr, 

 ber 



1/ 



Desirable kinds most fond of the fruit 



Juniper; redceda 



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Greenbrier 



:^yberry 



Hackberry 



Mulberry 



Pokeberry 



Spicebush 



Sassafras 



Strawberry 



Juniperus .... 



Smllax 



R^rlca 



Celtis 



Morus 



Phytolacca ... 



Benzoin 



Sassafras .... 



Fragaria 



50 



43 



85 



47 



59 



52 



17 



18 



52 



Flicker, mockingbird, robin, eastern 

 bluebird, cedar waxwlng, myrtle warbler, 

 evening and pine grosbeaks, purple finch. 



Mockingbird, catbird, brown thrasher, 

 robin, hermit thrush, cardinal. 



Bobwhite, flicker, downy woodpecker, 

 eastern phoebe, tree swallow, black- 

 capped chickadee, Carolina wren, cat- 

 bird, brown thrasher, hermit thrush, 

 eastern bluebird, white-eyed vireo, 

 myrtle warbler, meadowlark, towhee. 



Flicker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, 

 mockingbird, brown thrasher, robin, 

 eastern bluebird, cedar waiwing, 

 cardinal. 



Yellow- billed cuckoo, red-bellied, red- 

 headed, and downy woodpeckers, eastern 

 kingbird, mockingbird, catbird, robin, 

 wood thrush, cedar waxwlng, red-eyed 

 vireo, yellow warbler, orchard and 

 Baltimore orioles, scarlet tanager, 

 cardinal, purple finch. 



Mourning dove, flicker, eastern kingbird, 

 mockingbird, catbird, robin, hermit, 

 olive-backed, and gray-cheeked thrushes, 

 eastern bluebird, cardinal. 



Eastern kingbird, wood thrush, veery, 

 red-eyed vireo, 



Bobwhite, eastern kingbird, catbird, 

 robin, veery, red-eyed vireo. 



Catbird, brown thrasher, robin, wood 

 thrush, tOT^toee. 



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