Birds,berries and a question !!!

[pitdog]

Took Maisy for a quick walk today and snapped a few pics....

Came across this little fella, he was just learning to fly and didn't know if he should try and fly away or sit quiet and hope I couldn't see him !!!

The blossom was out on the Blackberry bushes.....

I will make sure to come back when these Thimbleberries are ripe, if the birds don't eat them all first !!!

And now to my question, anyone know what this bush/berry is ? Doc Canada help !!!

Oh yeah, while I was finding berries this is what Maisy was finding !!!!

 

[pitdog]

C'mon I thought someone would have answered my berry question by now......at least tell me if I'll need a stomach pump if I try them !!!!

 

[El_Cid]

the first picture is funny reminds me of a story for little kids
what did the bird do eventually?

 

[tonym]

Great pics Pit, I think its some type of Bilberry not sure though.

 

[pitdog]

the first picture is funny reminds me of a story for little kids
what did the bird do eventually?

In the end it fluttered away for about 15 feet so I left him be !!!

 

[pitdog]

Great pics Pit, I think its some type of Bilberry not sure though.

Yeah you might be right !

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Sorry pitdog, I don't recognize it.

Doc

 

[ssss]

Looks like it may be Vaccinium parvifolium, red huckleberry. One site I found is sharingwood.org wild berries. Found this looking under wild berries, pacific northwest.
If it is a vaccinium, they are all edible, each berry should have a tiny 5-pointed scar at the end of the berry where the bloom fell off before the plant ovary developed into a fruit. Another pic that looks very close is under www.fs.fed.us. I also looked at vaccinium parvifolium, images on the net, a good way to find dozens of sites to check out. Plant guides at a library, etc. should have more info for a positive ID. Maybe some places that sell fruit bearing shrubs can help, too. Sometimes it can take a lot of checking before I'm sure enough to try new plant. Good luck, enjoy the seach and be carefull.

 

[kungfumo]

Its a huckel berry dude yum yum, I have a huge field of them in my back yard

 

[mete]

I have a bush here that's obviously in the blueberry family. Leaves , flowers, berries look exactly like a blueberry except that the berries are green even when fully ripe. And they're tasteless !!

 

[kungfumo]

Washington is full of wonderful berries that you can eat and the huckel berry is one of them, they are found any where there has been a clear cut or on the edge of a forest, they seem to perfer sunshine, but I have found them out in the open. Wait until they get nice and red and have a handfull, they are slightly sour but are very good, makes good jam also.

 

[Joel Stave]

I have a bush here that's obviously in the blueberry family. Leaves , flowers, berries look exactly like a blueberry except that the berries are green even when fully ripe. And they're tasteless !!

Mete, that sounds like maleberry (an unfortunate name, I know, but that's what it's called).