So a couple weeks ago, I threw out some old grapes that we hadn’t eaten. I didn’t want to compost them, I was hoping some bird might like them. I put them in a small conifer next to my compost bin and pretty much forgot about them. Today I found out that the Northern Mockingbird in my yard is coming in to eat them. I don’t normally get mockingbirds to spend much time in my yard (seen only 6 times in 2013 and 2014), so I was happy that the bird had found these grapes in time for the Backyard Big Year. So next time you have fruit that goes bad, stick it in a tree and maybe your bird friends will find it for a nice midwinter snack.
Northern Mockingbird eating grapes placed in spruce tree.
Sour grapes on the ground. Sounds like the title to a song?
Theeeey’re grrrrrrrrape!
