[NatureNS] Bayberry

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Of course I have no idea about the commercial candles.  As I recall, from 
our own time spent on the Cape (1970), the shops selling them at the time 
would have words like "all natural" on their packaging.  We also tried 
harvesting some--also discouraged.  I thought at the time that perhaps it 
was possible to breed bushes that yielded more wax than the wild ones.
Jane

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stephen Shaw
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 6:40 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Bayberry

Hi Jane -- We lived on Cape Cod for a couple of years, and first came across 
bayberry candles there --  as you say, a wonderful aroma permeating the shop 
selling them.  So we picked a bunch of berries and boiled them and as you 
say, a scummy wax floated off, but disappointingly we didn't get very much 
of it, considering the number of berries picked.   Do you think that the 
commercial candles are 'spiked' with some synthetic perfume, or do they just 
use a huge number of berries?
I haven't bothered to look this up on-line, but I'm sure there must be both 
answers and recipes there.
Steve (Hfx)
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on 
behalf of Jane&Dave Schlosberg [dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 6:13 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Bayberry

Bayberry—not barberry—has such a wonderful scent.  You can boil the berries 
in water until the wax melts and comes to the surface.  Then, when cooled, 
you can skim it off and mix it with regular candle wax, for wonderful, 
scented candles.  Lots of work though.
Jane Schlosberg

From: Anne Woolaver<mailto:awoolave@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 5:14 PM
To: Nature Nova Scotia<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Bayberry

Hi all,

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.

A. Woolaver

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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.

    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
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken McKenna<mailto:kenmcken@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....

Hi all
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.

Cheers l
Ken

Ken McKenna
Box 218
Stellarton
NS B0K 1S0


On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, 
katefsteele@gmail.com<mailto: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
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From: Keith Lowe
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:15 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....



Liking bayberry would explain their presence at Rainbow Haven then. There 
are at least 4 – 6 of them wintering there this year.

From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto: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<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....

Hi all

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.

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.

On the Springville count which ru