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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C876D8.D8BBA9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday we had two beautful male ring-necked pheasants visit the = feeder in the yard . I had scattered black oil sunflower seed very = liberally before the last snowstorm which they dug up and ate = voraciously .....it will be interesting to see if [ hopefully ] they = survive and return.=20 Andy ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Eleanor Lindsay=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Sunflower seeds Andy Dean wrote: > I received a phone call this evening but unfortunately failed to get = > the name of the caller. > He has no access to send messages to NatureNS so asked me to pass a = > message to the group, and Elinor Lindsay in particular, regarding=20 > sunflower seeds. > He quoted a book by Scott Weidensaul titled 'Living On The Wind'=20 > ...specifically chapter 8....which apparently relates an experience = ,=20 > I believe it was in Argentina . where Swainsons Hawks died in large = > numbers when they ate grasshoppers contaminated with either = pesticide=20 > or herbicide .[ sorry to be so vague but it was a brief call ] > He suggested that sunflower seed has evolved from simply being=20 > produced to help birds survive the winters into a major business = crop,=20 > and this has resulted in lower safety standards, at least in some of = > the countries producing huge commercial crops, and he strongly urged = > that we read the item. > I checked the Valley Regional Library catalogue but drew a blank on=20 > that title. > Andy > =20 > Andy & Lelia Dean > 86 Baden Powell Drive > Kentville, NS. Canada. B4N 5P5 > Tel: [902] 678-6243 > =20 > aadean@ns.sympatico.ca <mailto:aadean@ns.sympatico.ca> My thanks to Andy for passing this message on and to Lukas for = offering=20 information from his copy of 'Living on the Wind'; I don't doubt for = a=20 moment that the quality of sunflower seeds has diminished as the = demand=20 escalates. My problem over the past few months (virtual cessation of black oil=20 sunflower seed consumption, never before encountered in over 25 years = of=20 bird feeding) continues without change, leaving me concerned. When I = put=20 out mixed seeds the birds pick them through, leaving all the sunflower = seeds. Checking with neighbours in the area yields mixed reports, with = some feeling there has been a reduction and others not noticing any=20 change. I've checked around some of the main sunflower seed = suppliers=20 in the area and most get them from Armstrong, a Hagersville Ontario=20 distributor which, I am told, likely gets the bulk of its seeds from = out=20 west. I've bought these seeds from three different places (just in = case=20 storage is a source of the problem), and I've emptied and washed out = my=20 feeders, all with no appreciable difference. I can't think of anything = else to try. Lucas, if any of this relates to Chapter 8 that Andy's caller=20 specifically recommended I'd very much appreciate hearing about it! Eleanor Lindsay Seabright, St Margarets Bay ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C876D8.D8BBA9D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yesterday we had two beautful = male=20 ring-necked pheasants visit the feeder in the yard . </FONT><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>I had scattered black oil sunflower seed very = liberally before=20 the last snowstorm which they dug up and ate voraciously .....it will be = interesting to see if [ hopefully ] they survive and return. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Daz678@chebucto.ns.ca = href=3D"mailto:az678@chebucto.ns.ca">Eleanor=20 Lindsay</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, February 24, 2008 = 9:06=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] = Sunflower=20 seeds</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Andy Dean wrote:<BR>> I received a phone call this = evening=20 but unfortunately failed to get <BR>> the name of the = caller.<BR>> He=20 has no access to send messages to NatureNS so asked me to pass a = <BR>> message to the group, and Elinor Lindsay in particular, = regarding <BR>> sunflower seeds.<BR>> He quoted a book by Scott=20 Weidensaul titled 'Living On The Wind' <BR>> ...specifically = chapter=20 8....which apparently relates an experience , <BR>> I believe it = was in=20 Argentina . where Swainsons Hawks died in large <BR>> numbers = when=20 they ate grasshoppers contaminated with either pesticide <BR>> or = herbicide=20 .[ sorry to be so vague but it was a brief call ]<BR>> He = suggested=20 that sunflower seed has evolved from simply being <BR>> = produced to=20 help birds survive the winters into a major business crop, <BR>> = and this=20 has resulted in lower safety standards, at least in some of <BR>> = the=20 countries producing huge commercial crops, and he strongly urged = <BR>> that=20 we read the item.<BR>> I checked the Valley Regional Library = catalogue but=20 drew a blank on <BR>> that title.<BR>> Andy<BR>> = <BR>> Andy=20 & Lelia Dean<BR>> 86 Baden Powell Drive<BR>