Paw Paw bed
Brown thrasher, Photo Sally Horowitz
Birds like this area because Pawpaw trees attract insects sought by vireos, chickadees, warblers, and tanagers. Nuts attract Wild Turkey, American Crow, Blue Jay, and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
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Here are other reasons birds life this area:
Chestnut trees host insects needed by young birds
Hazelnut shrubs attract many insect types, providing necessary protein for many nestling and adult birds. Look for adult Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Blue Jays feeding on the nuts in the Fall.
Seeds of St. John’s Wort shrub persist through winter, attracting finches, sparrows, and other wintering seedeaters
Purple Thimbleberry shrubs are highly valued by songbirds for dense cover and soft berries during summer.
Low-growing Black Currant shrubs produce small berries valued by small birds, as well as Gray Catbird, American Robin, and Brown Thrasher.
American Robin, Photo Ella Clem
Plant Species
Asimina triloba Pawpaw.
Castanea Chestnut
Corylus americana American hazelnut.
Viburnum dentatum Arrow-wood.
Rubus odoratus Flowering Raspberry.
Cornus drummondii Rough-leaved Dogwood
Amelanchier Serviceberry
Ribes gooseberry or currant
Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry.
Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac
Fraxinus americana White Ash
Hypericum prolficum Shrubby St. John's Wort.
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