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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0476_01CDB9CA.2AF58C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul, Nov 3, 2012 Yes, Jays are great for spreading nuts. Each year I notice a few new = Beech and many new Oaks in North Alton; none near a source tree. But I = wish they planted them further from my roads. Too often they are either = in the road or too near the edge to retain. Paul, did you really mean Horse Chesnut or some other kind of = Chesnut perhaps ? It seems like a heavy load and slippery if not in the = husk. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hoarding Blue Jay Rascals Next thing you know Jamie they will be opening a sunflower seed store! We have a Blue Jay by the house - it ran into the house last year and = hurt its head. I feed it peanuts to help it along and now it sits on the back steps = looking for peanuts. It takes the peanuts sticks them in the lawn, covers them = up with grass and leaves. They will never grow but it hopes. Thinks we are in = Georgia! They help trees that grow nuts, oaks and so on - plants the nuts = everywhere and lots grow. Horse Chestnuts grow in my garden. Every year there is 8 - = 10 shoot up. The blue jay brings the seed 400 - 500 meters and stick them in. If = you ever want any chestnut seedlings let me know. A very useful bird in these days of forestry regeneration. Enjoy the fall Paul -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- From: "desolatechair@gmail.com" <desolatechair@gmail.com> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 10:38:27 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Hoarding Blue Jay Rascals Since putting my feeders back up the thieving Blue Jays have cleaned = me out of a 16kg bag in two weeks. Somewhere in my neighbourhood there = is a hollow tree stuffed with black oil sunflower seeds. Of passing interest are semi regular Evening Grosbeaks, which have = been rare in these parts last few years. A regular pair of Northern = Cardinals with occasional juvenile; White Throated Sparrows; Song = Sparrows; Black Capped Chickadees; a White Breasted Nuthatch; a pair of = Northern Flickers; a regular male Ring Necked Pheasant and irregular = female; Dark Eyed Juncos. Purple Finches. No American Goldfinches so far which is unusual. Also an abundance of Mourning Doves, The proliferation of this species = in these parts amazes me. Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2742 / Virus Database: 2617/5861 - Release Date: = 10/29/12 ------=_NextPart_000_0476_01CDB9CA.2AF58C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Paul, =20 = Nov=20 3, 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Yes, Jays are great for spreading = nuts.=20 Each year I notice a few new Beech and many new Oaks in North Alton; = none near a=20 source tree. But I wish they planted them further from my roads. Too = often they=20 are either in the road or too near the edge to retain.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Paul, did you really mean = Horse=20 Chesnut or some other kind of Chesnut perhaps ? It seems like a = heavy load=20 and slippery if not in the husk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul=20 MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 03, = 2012 11:27=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] = Hoarding Blue Jay=20 Rascals</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new = york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV><SPAN>Next thing you know Jamie they will be opening a sunflower = seed=20 store!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: = rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>We=20 have a Blue Jay by the house - it ran into the house last year and = hurt its=20 head.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: = rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>I=20 feed it peanuts to help it along and now it sits on the back steps=20 looking</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: = rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>for=20 peanuts. It takes the peanuts sticks them in the lawn, covers them up=20 with</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: = rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>grass=20 and leaves. They will never grow but it hopes. Thinks we are in=20 Georgia!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; = FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: = rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN>They=20 help trees that grow