[NatureNS] redpoll? at Avonport, 35 Can. geese at Greenwich, rose-hips galore, dead barred owl

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Hi Marian
I assume you are speaking of the Virginia Rose - Rosa
virginiana not some other type.
Ocassionally while preparing Ruffed Grouse for the
table, I have found rose hips in their crops. As I
don't prepare that many, it would be a small sample to
base any definite statements on.
The Natives had an interesting name for them - in its
translated form wouldn't pass the scanner! It would be
well for anyone wishing to try them to find out about
the name and be prepared in advance.
Have a nice itch free fall!
Paul



--- Marian Fulton & Art Harding
<fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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>
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