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Index of Subjects --0016364ed2586a877e046ee2fca0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2009/7/9 James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Nancy Nickerson <nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca> > *Date: *July 7, 2009 3:58:36 PM ADT > *To: *sternrichard@gmail.com, "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.c= a > > > *Subject: **Birds and elderberries* > > Hi. This morning at Blomidon Park I watched an adult Swainson=E2=80=99s T= hrush > feeding green (i.e. not yet ripe) berries of Common Elder to two fledglin= gs. > I always thought birds ate only ripe or nearly-ripe fruit, but these > elderberries are a long way from maturity. I hope those young birds have > strong digestive systems! > > Nancy > > Hello All, In the UK it was very rare to see ripe Rowan berries (Mountain Ash) as the starlings ate them all long before they turned red. Cheers, Pat McKay --0016364ed2586a877e046ee2fca0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/7/9 James W. Wolford <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a= >></span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px= solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=3D""> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cit= e"><div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-= style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; = line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: r= gb(0, 0, 0);" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>From: </b>= </font><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-vari= ant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; fon= t-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">N= ancy Nickerson <<a href=3D"mailto:nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_bla= nk">nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-sty= le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; lin= e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(= 0, 0, 0);" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>Date: </b></f= ont><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant= : normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-s= ize-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3">July= 7, 2009 3:58:36 PM ADT</font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-sty= le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; lin= e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(= 0, 0, 0);" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>To: </b></fon= t><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-siz= e-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><a hre= f=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.co= m</a>, "'James W. Wolford'" <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolf= ord@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></font></d= iv> <div style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-sty= le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; lin= e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(= 0, 0, 0);" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><b>Subject: </b>= </font><font style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-vari= ant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; fon= t-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3"><= b>Birds and elderberries</b></font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div> <span style=3D"bor= der-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-s= ize: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; l= etter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transfor= m: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><div> <div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '= Times New Roman';"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi. This morning at<span>=C2=A0</span>Blom= idon<span>=C2=A0</span>Park<span>=C2=A0</span>I watched an adult Swainson= =E2=80=99s Thrush feeding green (i.e. not yet ripe) berries of Common Elder= to two fledglings. I always thought birds ate only ripe or nearly-ripe fru= it, but these elderberries are a long way from maturity. I hope those young= birds have strong digestive systems!</span></font></div> <div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: '= Times New Roman';"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">=C2=A0</span></font></div><div style=3D"ma= rgin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman&= #39;;"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family= : Arial;">Nancy</span></font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D= "font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></font></div></div></span></b= lockquote> </div></div></blockquote><div>Hello All,<br><br>In the UK it was very rare = to see ripe Rowan berries (Mountain Ash) as the starlings ate them all long= before they turned red.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Pat McKay <br></div></div><br> --0016364ed2586a877e046ee2fca0--
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