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This entry was posted on December 30, 2022 by Mary Holland. It was filed under December, Mystery Photo .
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Could that be the remains of sumac blossoms after birds fed on them?
December 30, 2022 at 9:03 am
It looks like birds went after the seeds in Sumac flowers and all the red fluffy stuff dropped to the ground!
December 30, 2022 at 9:06 am
Sumac blossoms.
December 30, 2022 at 9:07 am
Oriental Bittersweet berries crushed, seeds eaten, and fruit skins spit out. A lot of birds near us eat those seeds and cover the trails at a nearby pond with the berry skins, although we haven’t had this much discarded debris on our trails.
December 30, 2022 at 9:08 am
Skins of dried up Oriental Bittersweet fruits, after bids fed on them.
December 30, 2022 at 9:11 am
Litter from birds eating sumac berries?
December 30, 2022 at 9:17 am
Someone’s hot pepper suet is on the ground?
December 30, 2022 at 9:17 am
Seems like this could be remnants of sumac feeding. Also looks a lot like the snow under our crabapple after visits from Waxwings or, one March, post-feeding frenzy of a horde of hungry Pine Grosbeaks. The red debris lay on the snow in exactly the shape of summer shade. Have never seen them here again…
December 30, 2022 at 9:23 am
Pine Grosbeaks eating crabapples.
December 30, 2022 at 9:46 am
Blood in the urine of a wild animal?! 🙂 ❤
December 30, 2022 at 9:46 am
How about? As the corn/cornfields decompose, fields seem to have a redness
December 30, 2022 at 10:19 am
Might it be pieces of red maple buds that a squirrel has been eating?
December 30, 2022 at 10:24 am
Sumac berry residue from something eating a lot of them?
December 30, 2022 at 10:29 am
I’m going to vote for chewed up Oriental Bittersweet. Red Chokeberries are the right color, don’t have any around to see if skins get left on the ground.
December 30, 2022 at 10:43 am
Might be red from buds blown off trees in the last very windy storm.
December 30, 2022 at 12:02 pm
Something ate some kind of berries & something had a great time! No other details.
December 30, 2022 at 12:16 pm
Sumac seeds/fruit?
December 30, 2022 at 12:26 pm
The colors look like well-chewed oriental bittersweet. I hope they don’t germinate!
December 30, 2022 at 12:37 pm
What’s left from birds feeding on Bittersweet?
December 30, 2022 at 3:22 pm
Lots of bittersweet berries dropped by the birds.
December 30, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Sumac shredded by birds.
December 30, 2022 at 3:47 pm
Asian bittersweet…
December 30, 2022 at 4:05 pm
It looks like bittersweet casings to me. Maybe there were some birds that enjoy this fruit.
December 30, 2022 at 5:01 pm
seeds (from catkins) from birch trees blown apart by wind and snow
December 30, 2022 at 9:15 pm
Possibly the fallen leftovers after robins and waxwings have dined on fermented crab apples?
December 31, 2022 at 8:22 am
Carpenter Ant sawdust from a dead tree
December 31, 2022 at 10:34 am
Wow, I haven’t a clue! Love, Kay
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December 31, 2022 at 12:26 pm
I think something has been eating bittersweet and dropping the outer case of the berries.
December 31, 2022 at 10:56 pm