[NatureNS] fiddleheads' nutritional features & nature notes for May 12

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From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 20:58:35 -0300
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MAY 12, 2010 - Resting on the gravel path along the Wolfville  
railroad tracks was a fresh-looking adult mourning cloak butterfly.   
By the Acadia Arena I was surprised to see a tall small tree of pin  
cherry (flowering) perhaps 6 metres tall (most pin cherry bushes that  
I see are much smaller in stature at 3 m. or less.

After a short appearance at a governments' consultation session in  
Wolfville on N.S. coast issues, I drove to Halifax to hear Dr.  
Bridget Stutchberry talk about conservation of birds and about her  
latest book, "The Bird Detective".

In The Valley, yellow rocket (Barbarea) is conspicuously flowering  
everywhere along roads.

CBC Radio News this evening: FIDDLEHEADS, those of ostrich fern that  
we eat, have just been found to be loaded with antioxidants, in fact  
twice as much as in blueberries, AND the fiddleheads also contain  
significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids.  The researchers at the  
agricultural research centre at Kentville are wondering now about a  
new cash crop that might be developed locally?

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

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2010 </b>- Resting on the gravel path along the Wolfville railroad =
tracks was a fresh-looking adult <b>mourning cloak butterfly</b>.&nbsp; =
By the Acadia Arena I was surprised to see a <b>tall</b> small tree of =
<b>pin cherry </b>(flowering) perhaps 6 metres tall (most pin cherry =
bushes that I see are much smaller in stature at 3 m. or =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: =
13.0px Verdana">After a short appearance at a governments' consultation =
session in Wolfville on N.S. coast issues, I drove to Halifax to hear =
<b>Dr. Bridget Stutchberry</b> talk about conservation of birds and =
about her latest book, "The Bird Detective".</font></div><div =
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face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"4" style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana">In The =
Valley, <b>yellow rocket</b> (<i>Barbarea</i>) is conspicuously =
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style=3D"font: 13.0px Verdana"><b>CBC Radio News </b>this evening: =
<b>FIDDLEHEADS</b>, those of ostrich fern that we eat, have just been =
found to be loaded with <b>antioxidants</b>, in fact twice as much as in =
blueberries, <b>AND</b> the fiddleheads also contain significant amounts =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville</span></font></div>
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