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Index of Subjects The birds have completely stripped the multiflora rosehips and today the waxwings were going after the high bush cranberries. They rarely go after the hawthorne fruits and the larger rose hips which are close by. We usually have bohemian waxwings but today there were cedars - a flock of about 20. Marian Fulton Hantsport NS -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford Sent: 17 December 2007 17:10 To: NatureNS Cc: Marian Munro; Ruth Newell; Melanie Priesnitz; Laurel McIvor Subject: FW: [NatureNS] Bohemian Waxwings invade White's Lake Blake, I'm interested in the rose hips disappearing -- what kind of rose were they? I often wonder about the fates of rose hips of species other than multiflora rose. I suppose that pheasants occasionally go after them?, but mostly the larger rose hips seem to just last all winter without noticeably getting less abundant. Does something go after them after winter? Cheers from Jim ---------- From: Blake Maybank <maybank@ns.sympatico.ca> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:22:27 -0400 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Bohemian Waxwings invade White's Lake Hi All; I didn't see the Townsend's Solitaire all day, but it was blowing a gale, and the bird might have been sheltering. However, if it was lingering because of the Rose Hips, it'll have to move on. A flock of 35 Bohemian Waxwings arrived today, and in the space of less than five minutes they stripped the rose bare. Efficient gluttony. There are blueberries out for the solitaire, but it hasn't discovered them yet. Nor did the waxwings. Cheers, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1187 - Release Date: 16/12/2007 11:36 AM
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