Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:17:28 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Kurt R. Schwarz" Subject: Re: Lake Elkhorn, Ruddy, HowCo MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rick is quite right. I'd forgotten all about seeds passing THROUGH the digestive tract. So please amend that post to read "on a negative note!" Thanks for setting me straight, Rick! -Kurt Schwarz Howard County white-crown@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Sussman" To: Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Lake Elkhorn, Ruddy, HowCo > In a message dated 10/3/2001 8:59:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > white-crown@HOME.COM writes: > > > > . And on a very positive note, the female Black-throated Blue > > was eating Tearthumb berries! > > > > > > Kurt, > Nice to read of your good birds at Lake Elkhorn, but you should be aware > that finding warblers (or any species) eating tearthumb berries should not be > viewed as a "positive" thing. Though this noxious weed does provide a food > source, and I imagine a limited habitat cover, the eating of its fruit is a > direct source of the plants spreading behavior. The berries are digested but > the seeds pass through the birds and are spread in the droppings over a wide > range of habitats. This plant is rapidly becoming a nuisance in many parks in > Montgomery County, and, likely in all parts of MD. > > Rick Sussman > Ashton,MD > warblerick@aol.com > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================