This is a photo I took this morning while setting up my trail cam in a new position.

I believe it is a young (only about 12 feet high) wild Black Cherry Tree..

The thing I found interesting is I could not find berries like  these on any of the other trees in the area ??

Also I found it amusing that the berries are full (loaded) like this from the ground up to about 6 feet... then I could not see any that were any higher ???

There are deer in the area but obviously they are eating something else ... and the birds etc must not be interested in the berries on the lower branches..

any thoughts ???????

 

--Last edited by Dr Trout on 2009-09-08 11:10:25 --

I think the lower growing trees may be Choke Cherry. i have seen a lot of them this year and little seems to eat them.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokecherry

The black Cherries are loaded thit year from what i have seen.

looks like that may be it...

there are also a ton of poke berry bushes growing around here too..

It is a dogwood. From what I can see I suspect it is a red osier dogwood, though I sometimes have trouble distinguishing between red osier, gray and silky dogwood unless I can not only touch it but key it out with other leads.

Dick Bodenhorn  

--Last edited by RSB on 2009-09-08 20:39:22 --

Thanks Dick I searched the red osier and have to agree that that is what it is..

I figured you would know