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

Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:27:05 -0400
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We also have crows who will take pieces of bread or cracked corn and  
dump it into the bird-bath, apparently to soften it for eating.  This  
necessitates frequent cleaning of the birdbath!

On 8 Oct 2009, at 8:30 PM, David Webster wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>     A light dusting of white flour between tree and birdbath would  
> test this idea.
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Kearney
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> 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?
>
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
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> 10/02/09 06:46:00


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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We also have crows who will =
take pieces of bread or cracked corn and dump it into the bird-bath, =
apparently to soften it for eating. &nbsp;This necessitates frequent =
cleaning of the birdbath!<div><br><div><div>On 8 Oct 2009, at 8:30 PM, =
David Webster wrote:</div><br =
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face=3D"Arial">Hi John,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oct 8, =
2009</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
I have noticed no responses to you question so, based on the folklore =
that raccoons wash their food when possible,&nbsp;will guess =
raccoon.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" =
face=3D"Arial"></font>&nbsp;</div><div><font size=3D"2" =
face=3D"Arial"></font>&nbsp;</div><div><font size=3D"2" =
face=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A light dusting of white flour between =
tree and birdbath would test this idea.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" =
face=3D"Arial">Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</font></div><blockquote =
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normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div =
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initial; "><b>From:</b><span =
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title=3D"john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" =
href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" style=3D"color: blue; =
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title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" =
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normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span =
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4:49 PM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; =
"><b>Subject:</b><span =
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style=3D"font-size: 12pt; ">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?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><br =
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