[NatureNS] Cranberry slim pickings

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:53:31 -0300
From: Stephen Shaw <srshaw@dal.ca>
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We visited Clam Harbour PP today on a very pleasant afternoon, but found
virtually no cranberries in the usually productive area behind the beach.  It
hadn't been picked over by others, and was a little early for some of the few
berries we found, but overall, we have never seen so few cranberries there
before.  Does anyone on NatureNS know if this is just a local famine, or a
general problem in NS this year?  I wonder incidentally if the folks 
organizing
the Taylor Head trip this weekend have checked out that area in advance for
berries, to know if there is an actual supply there this year to go after?  We
normally pick for 2-3 hours, but gave up this time after ~20 min.  I calculate
that we got <1 cranberry per round-trip kilometer travelled (from 
Halifax). The beach was very pleasant, clean and peaceful, of course, 
and we found a lot
of half-alive bibionid flies (March flies) and a few other insects washing up
on the beach.  Presumably they must have been blown out to sea from the land
earlier.  A couple of small plovers were picking them up.
Steve (Halifax)
P.S. Dave Webster/tar spots:  re. identification, most of the maples 
around our
place are well-turned in fall colours and have no tar spots.  The 
remaining two
maples that still have large green leaves (no red or yellow) both have
conspicuous tar spots, and both pass your suggested test for Norway maples --
nicking the vascular bundles on the leaves releases a bit of whitish sap,
though not much.  Thanks for the help with the ID.


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