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--Apple-Mail-11--569728756 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Yesterday in Miner's Marsh in Kentville I saw quite a few blooming cuckoo-flowers, and today there were several butterfly whites, but none of the latter were identified. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Date: May 22, 2014 5:21:20 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville Ridge > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > 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 ----- > From: Angus MacLean > To: naturens > 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 > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Judy Tufts > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > Judy Tufts > > > > Wolfville > > > > <<<<<<<<<< > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3950/7540 - Release Date: > 05/22/14 --Apple-Mail-11--569728756 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; "> Yesterday in Miner's Marsh in Kentville I saw quite a few blooming = cuckoo-flowers, and today there were several butterfly whites, but none = of the latter were identified. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.<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">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</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>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">May 22, 2014 5:21:20 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"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</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>Re: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo = Flowers - Wolfville Ridge</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" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: = 29px; "><div><font face=3D"Arial">Hi Angus & = All,</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial"> 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.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial">Yt, Dave = Webster, Kentville</font></div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style=3D"font: normal normal = normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: = initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; = background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); = background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial = initial; "><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"cold_mac@hotmail.com" href=3D"mailto:cold_mac@hotmail.com">Angus = MacLean</a></div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal = arial; "><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</a></div><div = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; = "><b>Sent:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday,= May 22, 2014 11:29 AM</div><div style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [NatureNS] Cardinals, = Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville Ridge</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi = Judy:<br>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. =46rom 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!!<br>Angus<br><div>> From: <a = href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca">tandove@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br>>= ; To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>>= ; Subject: [NatureNS] Cardinals, Cuckoo Flowers - Wolfville = Ridge<br>> Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:45:48 -0300<br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> We had visits from = a female and a male Cardinal yesterday, the first time we<br>> have = had a pair here. The female appeared briefly in the morning and = then<br>> both arrived together in late afternoon looking for = bird-seeds.<br>> Unfortunately they will be competing with Mourning = Doves and now for the<br>> first time several starlings have decided = to raise families on our property<br>> so they are also competitors, = so they may not find it worthwhile.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> The Wolfville = Ridge Road ditch to the west of us is full of beautiful Cuckoo<br>> = Flowers, the best appearance I think I have ever seen there. Their = delicate<br>> fragrance lingers around them which add to their charm. = Several Cabbage<br>> Whites were flitting among the flowers.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Cheers,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Judy Tufts<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> = >>>>>>>>>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Judy = Tufts<br>><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> = Wolfville<br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> = <<<<<<<<<<<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></div></div><a></a><div = style=3D"padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: = 0px; padding-top: 0px; ">No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by = AVG -<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2014.0.4592 / = Virus Database: 3950/7540 - Release Date: = 05/22/14</div></blockquote></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body></h= tml>= --Apple-Mail-11--569728756--
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