Every year in this part of the country (N. California), the toyon
berries ripen on the bushes still remaining in the non-agricultural
undeveloped biological islands of Sonoma County. When the berries
ripen, they ferment. Then - sometimes - the American robins gather in
large numbers to pick away at them. After a while they get drunk and
begin to stagger around the drive to our house, sometimes flying into
windows and missing the phone and power lines when trying to land.
This morning, a cold one (28F or -4C) in these here parts, was
cloudless and beautiful except for the thousands of robins that
descended on our property to partake of the seasonal delicacies. The
soundscape was transformed and it's very noisy at the moment - a
pretty funny spectacle. And we keep the cats inside.
Bernie
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Wild Sanctuary
P. O. Box 536
Glen Ellen, CA 95442
t. 707-996-6677
f. 707-996-0280
http://www.wildsanctuary.com
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