[NatureNS] Food Preparation in Birds and/or Mammals?

From: "David Webster" <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:30:00 -0300
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Hi John,        Oct 8, 2009
    I have noticed no responses to you question so, based on the =
folklore that raccoons wash their food when possible, will guess =
raccoon.=20


    A light dusting of white flour between tree and birdbath would test =
this idea.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: John Kearney=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:49 PM
  Subject: [NatureNS] Food Preparation in Birds and/or Mammals?


  For the second autumn in a row, some creature is transporting bunches =
of Mountain Ashes berries to my bird bath, about 30 metres from the =
closest Mountain Ash tree. The animal has never been seen carrying out =
this procedure. But it appears that one bunch of Mountain Ashes berries =
at a time is brought to the bird bath and left there to soak in the =
water. At first the berries float but as they soften they sink to the =
bottom of the water column where there is a pile of berry mash. There is =
no trail of berries from the tree to the bird bath and only occasionally =
do I see a berry far from the tree in another part of the yard. A new =
bunch or two of berries is seen in the bird bath every couple of days. I =
suspect that crows, robins, blue jays, squirrels, or raccoons are doing =
this. But why?



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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi John,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oct=20
8, 2009</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have noticed no =
responses to=20
you question so, based on the folklore that raccoons wash their food =
when=20
possible,&nbsp;will guess raccoon. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A light dusting of =
white flour=20
between tree and birdbath would test this idea.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yt, Dave Webster, =
Kentville</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Food =
Preparation in=20
  Birds and/or Mammals?</DIV>
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  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For the second autumn in a row, some =
creature is=20
  transporting bunches of Mountain Ashes berries to my bird bath, about =
30=20
  metres from the closest Mountain Ash tree. The animal has never been =
seen=20
  carrying out this procedure. But it appears that one bunch of Mountain =
Ashes=20
  berries at a time is brought to the bird bath and left there to soak =
in the=20
  water. At first the berries float but as they soften they sink to the =
bottom=20
  of the water column where there is a pile of berry mash. There is no =
trail of=20
  berries from the tree to the bird bath and only occasionally do I see =
a berry=20
  far from the tree in another part of the yard. A new bunch or two of =
berries=20
  is seen in the bird bath every couple of days. I suspect that crows, =
robins,=20
  blue jays, squirrels, or raccoons are doing this. But=20
  why?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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