Something in my yard has developed a taste for the buds on the mayapples. I didn't plant these--they are totally wild and as such are fair game to all nibblers--but I have never noticed anything just picking off the upopened blossoms and leaving everything else. The whorl of leaves is usually lying on the ground close by, or else still dangling by a shred of stem tissue. They don't appear to be eaten. All that appears to be left of the future blossom is the short stem. I saw deer tracks all around, but the turkeys hang out there as well.

Not a problem, I'm just curious if anybody with a woodland yard has seen animals selectively going after mayapple buds....never noticed this before and there is a TON of other stuff to browse on...at least there was before the freeze...