A Song Thrush Eating Holly Fruits (IMAGE)

University of Exeter

A Song Thrush Eating Holly Fruits

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A song thrush eating holly fruits. The long fruiting period of hollies from autumn to late winter overlaps with the northward migration of song thrushes and, therefore, these have the potential to disperse holly seeds at long distances towards cooler latitudes.

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David Chapman

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