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Index of Subjects I have pondered this question about rose hips myself. I assume that birds do not require a lot of vitamin c and the fleshy rose hips are therefore not a great food source for them. I have noted that birds go for the small seedy almost fleshless hips of the multiflora roses and will only eat the fleshier ones from other roses when all other food sources are depleted. I assume the seeds are a much better source of protein and maybe even fats. I would appreciate hearing comments from anyone knowledgeable about the dietary requirements of birds or the nutritional content of various rosehips. Marian Fulton -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford Sent: 12 November 2006 17:24 To: NatureNS Subject: [NatureNS] redpoll? at Avonport, 35 Can. geese at Greenwich, rose-hips galore, dead barred owl Nov. 12, 2006 - Heather MacDonald at Avonport Beach reports a small bird with red on the top of its head, probably a COMMON REDPOLL? No sign of the GOLDENEYES at Port Williams sewage ponds (2 checks turned up only 2 pairs of MALLARDS). The large field of corn stubble just south of Noggins Farm at Greenwich contained about 35+ CANADA GEESE in the afternoon. In walking and driving on the Port Williams and Grand Pre dykes and dykelands, Pat and I noticed oodles of ROSE-HIPS OF WILD ROSE. What eats these hips? Their huge numbers every year donıt seem to get depleted much during the winter. Stephen Coldwell picked up a road-killed BARRED OWL (probably) along Highway 101 just east of the Hortonville/Grand Pre exit. There were no bands on the legs, and he will get the bird to the N.S. Dept. of Nat. Resources in Kentville. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204 --------------------- Jim (James W.) Wolford 91 Wickwire Avenue Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 1W3 phone (902)542-9204 (home) fax (902)585-1059 (Acadia Univ. Biology Dept.) e-mail <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> ---------------------- ³...... the Earth .....belongs as much to those who come after us as to us; and we have no right, by anything that we do, or neglect to do, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or to deprive them of benefits which are theirs by right.² - John Ruskin ----------------------
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