[NatureNS] Frog Pond, Fleming Park, Jollimore - birds

Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:18:13 -0300
From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Patricia L. Chalmers wrote:<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I was standing on one of the boardwalks, binoculars raised as I watched
a  beaver, when a young family walked by.&nbsp; All were delighted when I pointed
 out the beaver, which was sitting in the shallows eating lily roots.&nbsp; Their
 young boy (7 or 8?) had started to keep a journal of his nature sightings,
 and the beaver was a great addition to the two squirrels he had just seen! 
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Hi Patricia &amp; All,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug 18, 2006<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Could this 'Beaver' possibly have been a Muskrat ? Sitting in shallows
and eating (water ?) lily roots would be typical Muskrat behavior but very
strange for a Beaver.<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;If these lilies were water lilies (<i>Nuphar</i>) then the 'roots' are
actually rhizomes (sometimes called rootstocks). Muskrat dig these rhizomes
and store them. As described in Fernald &amp; Kinsey (Edible Wild Plants
of Eastern N.A.; p. 198), some Indians of Eastern N. A. used these Muskrat
stores. <br>
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville<br>
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