Picky birds in the test garden

The edible wave is looking great from afar:

But there are some interesting developments in the fourth row, behind those giant cabbages.

I’ve got three types of kale growing.

‘Russian Red’ is planted on the far left:

‘Redbor’ is planted on the far right:

Both are unscathed and happy, but between the two is a totally different story:

The birds are attacking the ‘Toscano’ variety. And I’m sure it’s birds because the squirrels would not leave so much of the plant intact.

I can’t totally blame the birds — this is my favorite kale, too. I just think it’s so interesting that they’d leave the other two alone. Who knew that they’d have such discerning taste?!