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



United States 



Name of 



fruit ' 



Species of birds known to eat the fruit 



Common 



Generic 



Num^/: 

 ber^ 



Desirable kinds most fond of the fruit 



Juniper; redcedar-^ 



Juniperus .... 



: 50 ; 



Flicker, mockingbird, robin, eastern 

 bluebird, cedar waxwing, myrtle warbler, 

 , evening and pine gi'osbeaks, purple finch 



Greenbrier 



Smilaz 



43 



Mockingbird, catbird, brown thrasher, 

 robin, hermit thrush, cardinal. 



^vberrv •..•..... 



: Iv^rica ; 



85 ; 



Bobwhite, flicker, downy woodpecker, 

 ; eastern phoebe, tree swallow, black- 













capped chickadee, Carolina wren, cat- 









bird, brown thrasher, heimit thrush, 









eastern bluebird, white-eyed vireo, 









: myrtle warbler, meadowlark, to\riiee. 



Hackberry 



. Celtis : 



47 



. Flicker, yellow-bellied sapsucker, 

 ' mockingbird, brown thrasher, robin, 



eastern bluebird, cedar waxwing, 



cardinal. 



Mulberry : 



Morus : 



59 



Yellow- billed cuckoo, red-bellied, red- 

 : headed, and downy woodpeckers, eastern 

 : kingbird, mockingbird, catbird, robin, 



wood thrush, cedar waxwing, red-eyed 

 , vireo, yellow warbler, orchard and 

 : Baltimore orioles, scarlet tanager, 



cardinal, purple finch. 



Pokeberry , 



: Phytolacca ... 



52 



: Mourning dove, flicker, eastern kingbird, 

 : mockingbird, catbird, robin, hermit, 



olive-backed, and gray-cheeked thrushes, 

 : eastern bluebird, cardinal. 



Spicebiish 



: Benzoin 



: 17 



: Eastern kingbird, wood thrush, veery, 

 ; red-eyed vireo. 



Sassafras 



, Sassafras .... 



: 18 



. Bobwhite, eastern kingbird, catbird, 

 : robin, veery, red-eyed vireo. 



Strawberry 



: Fragaria 



: 52 



: Catbird, brown thrasher, robin, wood 

 ; thrush, to-vdiee. 



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