Vanier's Garden: A Bird's Feast

When visiting the garden last week, I was greeted by a bird’s best buddy: the corn poppy. It was the first photo I took when the class was asked to scatter around before the tour officially started. At first, I thought the flower was planted to make the garden look a little more colorful, but when I scanned it on a plant identifier, it turned out to be a great source of nutrition for birds! These flowers contain numerous little black seeds (unfortunately not seen in my picture) that the birds cannot resist. It is also known that songbirds, in particular, are very likely to come to locations…