Wrentit Eating Poison-oak Fruit - a photo on Flickriver

            Chamaea fasciata,
Oso  Flaco Lake Natural Area,
San Luis Obispo Co., California

Wrentits are omnivorous, eating numerous insects and spiders as well as small fruits.  Re: their diet, "Seeds of poison oak are especially important, providing a 7-mo food supply through winter; likely an important agent in plant dissemination."--Cornell's Birds of the World.
We saw two of these birds in the same bush eating these fruits. When I see how securely this one seems to be holding the fruit I am reminded that several times we saw it actually tug forcefully to release the fruit from the plant.
   

Taken on: November 13, 2023

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Oso Flaco

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Toxicodendron

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Camera: Canon EOS R7, f/9.0, 1/250 sec, 400mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R7
Lens:	RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.1 (Windows)
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