[NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville Ridge

From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
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Hi Angus & All,
    I suspect the adults are able to manage (and lay eggs on Mustards) =
without feeding until nectar of some sort is available. [They may drink =
sap from tree wounds or cankers but I have never seen this.] The larvae =
are confined to Cruciferae (so the story goes) but the adults feed on =
any nectar I think. Cardamine is not nearly as common in my woods as it =
was even 5 years ago and mustard white adults are now scattered in areas =
where both mustards and nectar are so far as I know absent; perhaps just =
hunting for a host plant.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Angus MacLean=20
  To: naturens=20
  Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:29 AM
  Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville Ridge


  Hi Judy:
  Your Cabbage Whites may be indeed  that but Mustard White are more =
likely. The Cuckoo Flower is part of the mustard family & populations of =
Mustard Whites dine mainly on the flowers. From a distance Mustard =
Whites are difficult to distinguish from Cabbage Whites. It's peculiar =
to me that Mustard Whites are flying well before the Cuckoo Flower is in =
bloom!!
  Angus

  > From: tandove@ns.sympatico.ca
  > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
  > Subject: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville Ridge
  > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:45:48 -0300
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  > We had visits from a female and a male Cardinal yesterday, the first =
time we
  > have had a pair here. The female appeared briefly in the morning and =
then
  > both arrived together in late afternoon looking for bird-seeds.
  > Unfortunately they will be competing with Mourning Doves and now for =
the
  > first time several starlings have decided to raise families on our =
property
  > so they are also competitors, so they may not find it worthwhile.=20
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  > The Wolfville Ridge Road ditch to the west of us is full of =
beautiful Cuckoo
  > Flowers, the best appearance I think I have ever seen there. Their =
delicate
  > fragrance lingers around them which add to their charm. Several =
Cabbage
  > Whites were flitting among the flowers.=20
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  > Judy Tufts=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi Angus &amp; All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I suspect the adults are able =
to manage=20
(and lay eggs on Mustards) without feeding until nectar of some sort is=20
available. [They may drink sap from tree wounds or cankers but I have =
never seen=20
this.] The larvae are confined to Cruciferae (so the story goes) but the =
adults=20
feed on any nectar I think. Cardamine is not nearly as common in my =
woods as it=20
was even 5 years ago and mustard white adults&nbsp;are now scattered in =
areas=20
where both mustards and nectar are so far as I know absent; perhaps just =
hunting=20
for a host plant.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dcold_mac@hotmail.com =
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  MacLean</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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  href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 22, 2014 =
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  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] =
Cardinals, Cuckoo=20
  Flowers - Wolfville Ridge</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV dir=3Dltr>Hi Judy:<BR>Your Cabbage Whites may be indeed&nbsp; =
that but=20
  Mustard White are&nbsp;more likely. The Cuckoo Flower is part of the =
mustard=20
  family &amp; populations of Mustard Whites dine mainly on the flowers. =
From a=20
  distance Mustard Whites are difficult to distinguish from Cabbage=20
  Whites.&nbsp;It's peculiar to me that Mustard Whites are flying well =
before=20
  the Cuckoo Flower is in bloom!!<BR>Angus<BR>
  <DIV>&gt; From: tandove@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>&gt; To:=20
  naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>&gt; Subject: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo =
Flowers=20
  - Wolfville Ridge<BR>&gt; Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:45:48 =
-0300<BR>&gt;=20
  <BR>&gt; We had visits from a female and a male Cardinal yesterday, =
the first=20
  time we<BR>&gt; have had a pair here. The female appeared briefly in =
the=20
  morning and then<BR>&gt; both arrived together in late afternoon =
looking for=20
  bird-seeds.<BR>&gt; Unfortunately they will be competing with Mourning =
Doves=20
  and now for the<BR>&gt; first time several starlings have decided to =
raise=20
  families on our property<BR>&gt; so they are also competitors, so they =
may not=20
  find it worthwhile. <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; <BR>&gt; The Wolfville =
Ridge=20
  Road ditch to the west of us is full of beautiful Cuckoo<BR>&gt; =
Flowers, the=20
  best appearance I think I have ever seen there. Their delicate<BR>&gt; =

  fragrance lingers around them which add to their charm. Several=20
  Cabbage<BR>&gt; Whites were flitting among the flowers. <BR>&