Thursday, September 28, 2006

Mustikoita maaruskassa - Bilberries waiting for snow


Lehtiruskan jo mentyä mustikan lehdet punottavat vielä maaruskassa syyskuun loppuun. Mustikat ovat jo pehmeitä poimittaviksi, mutta ne ovat paleltuneinakin haluttua kanalintujen syysravintoa. Riekot ja metsot syövät mustikoita pitkin syksyä ja vielä kymmensenttisen lumen altakin.

After the trees have shed their autumn leaves the herbs on the ground remain in autumn colors still a week or two, like the bilberries in the photo. The berries are soft for picking for human consumption but the birds of fowl eat them daily. Especially willow ptarmigans and capercaillies enjoy the bilberries until the snow and may still pick them through the snow of about 10 cm of depth.

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