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Sent: Thu This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_17A2_01D03CB8.D84DC9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Anne, We were talking about Bayberry (Myrica pennsylvanica) not Barberry. DW, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Anne Woolaver=20 To: Nature Nova Scotia=20 Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 5:14 PM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Bayberry Hi all, =20 This shrub has the most horrific thorns - so fine and = innocent-looking, but feel just like needles going in! In my prime = blackberry-picking territory, a barberry has come up right in the middle = of one of the most prolific patches. Each year, the barberry branches = seem to extend further outward, and the blackberries are forced to reach = higher and higher to come out the top and into the sun. All I can do is = look longingly at loaded canes that only a knight in full armour could = get to! Makes great bird habitat though - one fall after the leaves = were down I found what must have been a perfectly protected nest right = below the top of the bush. =20 A. Woolaver=20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- From: dwebster@glinx.com To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:02:54 -0400 Dear All, I planted a Bayberry in our yard about 1967, by good fortune a = female, and it cropped just about every year from about 1972 until it = became weak about 2000 (Died about 2005; shade/roots of Crack Willow and = Black Cherry I suspect). It became huge BTY, about 7' tall and 1" at the = ground. The berries have a thick coat of wax beads so 'lipid' rich. The = bush was readily seen from one Kitchen window and one Dining Room = window. Crows fed on the berries every year, usually in late winter, = often hanging upside down while they fed. But we never saw a Flicker = feeding on them.=20 I recommend it as a yard plant if you have open space especially = now that it has a probable Flicker connection; no care needed. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ken McKenna=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:52 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... Hi all=20 I hope I am not passing on mis-information. For some reason thought = that this is why flickers in winter are often found where there is = bayberry but I am now not 100% sure of this. Certainly other birds such = as late yellow-rumped (myrtle) warblers and I think tree swallows can be = found in these area Well I just did a Google and indeed both red-bellied woodpeckers and = flickers like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content.=20 Cheers l Ken Ken McKenna=20 Box 218 =20 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, katefsteele@gmail.com wrote: That also explains the flicker or two that were seen several times = at Grand Desert Beach last winter where there is hardly a tree. I hadn't = put much thought into why they were at that location! Kate Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. From: Keith Lowe Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:15 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....=20 Liking bayberry would explain their presence at Rainbow Haven = then. There are at least 4 =96 6 of them wintering there this year. From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Ken McKenna Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 8:37 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... Hi all=20 In Pictou co. Most overwintering flickers are near sources of = bayberry and here that is often near the shore like caribou I , Melmerby = pp and big I.=20 This year on Pictou hbr Cbc the Vines had 6-7 flickers nicely = decorating one tree near the entrance of Pictou hbr and in the middle a = red-bellied woodpecker. The odd one shows up elsewhere like Pictou town = which is coastal in a way. We rarely have missed getting a number of = flickers on this count in the nearly 25 years of my doing this count.=20 On the Springville count which runs an inland tangent from the = Pictou hbr count we rarely get flickers- not a lot of inland bayberry. = My thoughts anyway for what it is worth.=20 Cheers Ken Ken McKenna Box 218 =20 Stellarton NS B0K 1S0 On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:16 PM, David & Alison Webster = <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: Hi Keith, I have not seen one of these plots before; very impressive. = What is the difference between a blue balloon and a red one ? Assuming = the pointed end is the location marker, nearly all are near salt water = or in the warmer end of the Annapolis Valley (when viewed at large = scale); suggests aversion to cold. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Keith Lowe=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:19 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... Hi Ron, Welcome to the list.=20 Northern Flickers are in range for overwintering in the = western half of the Nova Scotia mainland.=20 You=92ll have to zoom in but this map shows eBirded Northern = Flickers in Jan/Feb for the last 10 years. Click on =93Show Points = Sooner=94 on the right side of the page. = http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norfli?neg=3Dtrue&env.minX=3D&env.minY=3D&env.= maxX=3D&env.maxY=3D&zh=3Dfalse&gp=3Dfalse&ev=3DZ&mr=3Don&bmo=3D1&emo=3D2&= yr=3Dlast10&byr=3D2005&eyr=3D2015 Keith Lowe Halifax From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Ron Wilson Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:31 AM To: Nature NS Subject: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... ok - its just a play on words..... We've been hosting a Northern Flicker at our feeders this = winter. Yesterday my wife Heather heard a noise in the back yard and = looked out to see TWO Northern Flickers battling for a spot on our suet = feeder.=20 It seems odd to me that Flickers are now overwintering in the = Maritimes. Maybe it is a new climate change trend or perhaps they have = always been capable of withstanding our cold temps but never had such = an abundant winter food source like they do now, given all the feeding = stations around. Ron Wilson Somerset/Berwick NS=20 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4273/9019 -