This collage shows some of the wild foods used by birds and mammals at the garden. On the left are the seeds of manitoba maple (Acer negundo). These feed a wide variety of creatures, particularly in deepest winter when not much else is left. Top right are crabapples (Malus). Not all crabapples are eaten by wildlife, and not all are eaten at this time. Many are left until after first frost, with some fruit remaining into the first part of the winter and providing food for squirrels, finches, waxwings, robins (those that overwinter), etc. Bottom right is a cluster of mountain ash berries (Sorbus)which get consumed pretty quickly by robins, waxwings, starlings and others.