[NatureNS] Voracious Robins, Jeddore

jfoley572001@yahoo.ca

naturens@chebucto.ns.ca

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--0-24583729-1162942319=:7945 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit jan foley <jfoley572001@yahoo.ca> wrote: Today 35+ robins have effectively stripped my three large holly bushes bare...I've never had these bushes go from a state where they were covered in red at 10 am and were so naked by 3pm,....unbelievable... These berries usually survive into January,..some times preserved under snows and bared as a treat in midwinter,...obviously they won't even see a snow this year... jan foley <jfoley572001@yahoo.ca> wrote: in head of jeddore 10+ robins along with euro starlings and waxwings are making short work of deciduous holly berries that are usually still available in dec-jan... cheers, j foley Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: I too, in St Margarets Bay, have had many more robins than usual here for this time of year (approx 40-50). They are eating not only multiflora rose hips, but also holly berries, which they have previously always left as a last resort for February and March. Eleanor Lindsay, Seabright iamclar@dal.ca wrote: > All: > > A stroll around the Waegwoltic Club, Thornvale Ave., and behind the Armbrae > Academy (all W-end Halifax bird magnets at this season) produced hundreds of > robins, now turning to less succulent fare like hawthhorn and multiflora rose > hips. Some were "Black-backed." There was a also one group of c. 15 Cedar > Waxwings, and a belated Swainson's Thrush, still retaining some juvenal > pluamge, on private property off Thornvale. It was not fraternizing with the > robins. > > Cheeers< ain M. > > > > --------------------------------- All new Yahoo! Mail - --------------------------------- Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane. --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos --------------------------------- Now you can have a huge leap forward in email: get the new Yahoo! Mail. --0-24583729-1162942319=:7945 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <BR><BR><B><I>jan foley <jfoley572001@yahoo.ca></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>Today 35+ robins have effectively stripped my three large holly bushes bare...I've never had these bushes go from a state where they were covered in red at 10 am and were so naked by 3pm,....unbelievable... </DIV> <DIV>   These berries usually survive into January,..some times preserved under snows and bared as a treat in midwinter,...obviously they won't even see a snow this year...<BR><BR><B><I>jan foley <jfoley572001@yahoo.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>in head of jeddore 10+ robins along with euro starlings and waxwings are making short work of deciduous holly berries that are usually still available in dec-jan...</DIV> <DIV>cheers, j foley<BR><BR><B><I>Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I too, in St Margarets Bay, have had many more robins than usual here <BR>for this time of year (approx 40-50). They are eating not only <BR>multiflora rose hips, but also holly berries, which they have previously <BR>always left as a last resort for February and March.<BR>Eleanor Lindsay, Seabright<BR><BR>iamclar@dal.ca wrote:<BR>> All:<BR>><BR>> A stroll around the Waegwoltic Club, Thornvale Ave., and behind the Armbrae<BR>> Academy (all W-end Halifax bird magnets at this season) produced hundreds of<BR>> robins, now turning to less succulent fare like hawthhorn and multiflora rose<BR>> hips. Some were "Black-backed." There was a also one group of c. 15 Cedar<BR>> Waxwings, and a belated Swainson's Thrush, still retaining some juvenal<BR>> pluamge, on private property off Thornvale. It was not fraternizing with the<BR>> robins.<BR>><BR>> Cheeers< ain M.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV> <HR SIZE=1> All new Yahoo! Mail -

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