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United States Department of Agriculture 

 Bureau of Biological Survey 



Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-41 



Washington, D. C. 



April 1936 



FRUITS ATTRACT IVE TO BIRDS - NORTHWESTERN STATES 

 " REGION No. 1 

 [Washington, Oregon, and Idaho] 



By W. L. McATEE, Principal Biologist and Technical Adviser 



Office of the Chief 



Contents 



Regions for which leaflets on fruits attractive to birds are available . . 2 



Introduction ; . . 3 



Table 1. — Groups of fleshy fruits most attractive to birds throughout 



the United States 4 



Table 2. — Generally distributed native fruits of Washington, Oregon, 

 and Idaho for which satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are 

 available ' .....:;. 8 



Table 3. — Native fruits of Washington and Oregon west of the Cascade 

 Mountains for which satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are 

 available , 9 



Table 4. — Native fruits of Washington and Oregon, east of the Cascade 



Mountains, and Idaho for which satisfactory data on fruiting seasons 

 are available 9 



Table 5. — Native fruits of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho for which less 



satisfactory data on fruiting seasons are available 10 



Table 6. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for Washington 



west of the Cascade Mountains 11 



Table 7. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for Washington 



(selection based mainly on experience at Pullman) 11 



Table 8. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for cultivation 



under hot and dry conditions in eastern Washington 13 



Table 9. — Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for irrigated 



sandy soils of eastern Oregon 13 



Table 10. --Extralimital fruits that have been recommended for Idaho ... 18 



Literature 14 



