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I have a new plant in my garden, a pineapple lily. This morning there were several birds attacking the foliage. Does anyone know why this would happen? I'm wondering if there is some insect they are after but I didn't see anything on the plant.

My guess would be you are right about insects, since birds don't eat plants. I grew them in pots a few years ago, but I can't say I ever had any trouble with birds attacking them!

I had crows attacking some elephant ears one year. I also assumed they were after some kind of insect. they ended up killing the plants.

Thanks. I think I'll try putting some sort of enclosure around it and see if that helps.