[NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings

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After a heavy snowfall a few years ago, Bohemian Waxwings showed up and =
ate all of our holly berries down to the snow line.  When it thawed, we =
still had berries on the lower part of the bush.

Don

Don MacNeill
donmacneill@eastlink.ca
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From: Paul MacDonald=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:53 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings


Hi All
Today I was out finishing up my wood splitting for the winter. A flock =
of about 8 -10 Cedar Waxwings came by and went into my holly bush to =
feed on the red berries. It is a decidious holly - an Ilex mixture of =
some sort. Frost is reputed to remove the poison from the berries but =
the robins have not taken to it.
The waxwings didn't seem turned off.
About a dozen robins were feeding on the red berries on  the Japanese =
barberry ( Berberis thunbergii). They had not touched them to the last =
couple of days. This schrub has a reputation of been invasive but the =
one in my garden is old and doesn't have any children - perhaps it needs =
another one to make fertile seed. Anyway the robins enjoy it.
I went to town earlier and saw a Mallard drake who lost an argument with =
a car. I stopped to see if any feather would be good for trout flies and =
I was not disappointed. The interesting thing was that it had a silver =
band. The band had been on the bird so long it was wore down below the =
numbers. CWS has a procedure to read the numbers on these bands so I =
sent it off to them. They may tell me its history but I'm not holding my =
breath - LOL
have a nice winter
Paul


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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>After a heavy snowfall a few years ago, =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Don</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A=20
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days. This schrub has a reputation of been invasive but the one in my =
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