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Index of Subjects Hello All, I too was invaded by Bohemian Waxwings today. A largish flock of about 70 descended on my multiflora roses and stripped them bare in 15 minuts. The Chat is still hanging in there, but I thought he looked really chilly yesterday in the gale force winds. Cheers, Pat McKay, 35 Edward St., Dartmouth. On Mon, 17 Dec 2007, Marian Fulton & Art Harding wrote: > 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 > > Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true - Bertrand Russell I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library - F. Scott Fitzgerald He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions - Stephen Leacock Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative - W.S. Gilbert There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact - Mark Twain Nothing in life is more exhilarating as to be shot at without result. - Winston Churchill
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