We have four winterberry bushes. One of the bushes is the papa and doesn’t get any berries. Two of the winterberry bushes have beautiful red berries. Both of those bushes are kept busy with birds visiting the berries, and I have to say, all the berries were gone in one day. A lot of birds enjoyed themselves tremendously.
Golden Winterberries
The third golden winterberry bush was much taller, and had larger berries. The birds did not pay attention to the gold berries – they were very happy eating the red winterberries. But the next day more birds arrived to fill up on these golden winterberries – and the berries were all gone in late afternoon.
All of those winterberries and birds visited in back of the house. But there are different berries in front of the house. This shrub is prickly – I wonder if birds will like these berries.
It’s rewarding to feed the birds–through planting and assisting nature, especially. 🙂
Beth – I have been so happy with the birds in our garden. It was stunning to watch some of those birds eat both winterberries in one day!