Mistle thrush weather, earning the bird the old name of stormcock. Found in open woods, parks, hedges and cultivated land, the mistle thrush feeds on a wide variety of invertebrates, seeds and berries. Its preferred fruits include those of the mistletoe, holly and yew. Mistletoe is favoured where it is available, and this is reflected in the thrush's English and scientific names; the plant, a parasitic species, benefits from its seeds being excreted by the thrush onto branches where they can germinate. In winter, a mistle thrush will vigorously defend mistletoe clumps or a holly tree as a food reserve for when
USS Mistletoe (WAGL-237) 9666 dated 28 December 1945 returned "Mistletoe" to the Treasury Department. In 1966 she was redesignated WLM‑237. She continued coastal buoy tender operations out of Gloucester City and Portsmouth into 1969. USS Mistletoe (WAGL-237) The third USS "Mistletoe", originally designed for duty with the Lighthouse Service as a buoy tender, was built in 1939 by the Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Company, Duluth, Minnesota. As the Lighthouse Service became part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939, "Mistletoe" commissioned as a Coast Guard coastal buoy tender. "Mistletoe"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> prewar operations were out of Gloucester, New Jersey and Portsmouth, Virginia. She transferred to