Kathleen wrote, >For the first time this year I noticed California Towhees (Pipilo crissalis) >frequenting my flats of bulb seedlings. For various reasons, I put off doing >anything about it, and I may have lost some Romuleas and Fritillarias as a >result. Towhees are very destructive in a bulb collection. They pull up crocuses, in particular, and eat the corms. I've caught them in mousetraps set to deter mice in the bulb frames. I've also seen them pulling up crocuses in the garden. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA