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--Apple-Mail-7-117989896 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Begin forwarded message: > From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Date: June 16, 2013 4:32:59 PM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Subject: [ValleyNature] Euonymus flowers, and "webs" of fall > webworm caterpillars > > Some will remember my report of the singing catbird, but I wanted > to add the notes below on the Euonymus shrubs and webworms. Jim in > Wolfville. > > JUNE 11, 2013 - I just walked the Wolfville Rail Trail west from > the town, and at 2:20 to 2:30 a gray catbird was loudly singing > right next to the trail, and right behind the trail bench. And the > singer was quite visible in a leafy shrub. The catbird song is > beautiful in my mind, and goes on and on and on. > > A bit further west along the Rail Trail are some Euonymus shrubs > which, later in the late Summer, will produce beautiful flower-like > fruits with pinkish "petals" and orange seeds. But currently these > shrubs are copiously in bloom with oodles of non-showy 4-parted > light yellow flowers. > > We have a different species of Euonymus in our residential yard, > and these two are in bloom now with similar-looking flowers. These > in our yard have pretty pinkish-purplish leaves (like "burning > bush") in Autumn, but the species along the Rail Trail does not. > > JUNE 16, 2013 - On the west part of the Wolfville Rail Trail, I > took one photo of the small flowers on the Euonymus bushes. And > back on June 11 I noticed that there were lots of small "webs" of > fall webworm caterpillars particularly on these bushes. I also > noted this today, and some of those "webs" are growing in size but > not very obvious yet. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Apple-Mail-7-117989896 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 16, 2013 4:32:59 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Euonymus flowers, and = "webs" of fall webworm caterpillars</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Some = will remember my report of the singing catbird, but I wanted to add the = notes below on the Euonymus shrubs and webworms. Jim in = Wolfville.</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JUNE 11, 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"> - I just walked the </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Wolfville</b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> Rail Trail west from the town, and at 2:20 = to 2:30 a </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b>gray catbird</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"> was loudly singing right next to the trail, and right behind = the trail bench. And the singer was quite visible in a leafy = shrub. The catbird song is beautiful in my mind, and goes on and = on and on.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 28, 213); min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5">A bit further west along the Rail Trail are some</font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b> = </b><i>Euonymus</i></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> = shrubs which, later in the late Summer, will produce beautiful = flower-like fruits with pinkish "petals" and orange seeds. But = currently these shrubs are copiously in bloom with oodles of non-showy = 4-parted light yellow flowers. </font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = color: rgb(0, 28, 213); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5">We have a different = species of </font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><i>Euonymus</i></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"> in our residential yard, and these two are in bloom now with = similar-looking flowers. These in our yard have pretty = pinkish-purplish leaves (like "burning bush") in Autumn, but the species = along the Rail Trail does not. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>JUNE 16, = 2013</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> - On the west part of = the Wolfville Rail Trail, I took one photo of the small flowers on the = Euonymus bushes. And back on June 11 I noticed that there were = lots of small</font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Helvetica"><b> "webs" of fall webworm = caterpillars</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #001cd5"> = particularly on these bushes. I also noted this today, and some of = those "webs" are growing in size but not very obvious = yet.</font></div></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #001cd5"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#001cd5" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #001cd5"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-7-117989896--
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