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--Apple-Mail=_E76A8774-D899-4832-A6CC-184BBD9F7F22 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 THANKS, NANCY! from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nancy Nickerson <nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: Swamp Milkweed stem fibres as nesting material for birds > Date: April 19, 2015 at 10:20:50 AM ADT > To: "'Jim (James W.) Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, 'James = Churchill' <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> >=20 > Hi all: > =20 > In my yard this morning an American Robin has been busy pulling long = fibres from overwintered, dead stalks of Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias = incarnata) plants, and carrying them to a tree where a nest is under = construction. In previous years I=92ve seen Baltimore Orioles and = American Goldfinches removing these fibres for use as nesting material. = Swamp Milkweed is perhaps best known to naturalists as a food plant for = monarch butterfly larvae, but the flowers also attract the adults of = monarchs and other species of butterflies, as well as bees, wasps, flies = etc. As a garden plant, Swamp Milkweed is less invasive than Common = Milkweed (A. syriaca). It does self-seed but this is easily prevented by = removing the seed pods before they mature. A multi-purpose plant for a = naturalist=92s garden! > =20 > Nancy --Apple-Mail=_E76A8774-D899-4832-A6CC-184BBD9F7F22 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">THANKS, NANCY! 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;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nancy Nickerson <<a = href=3D"mailto:nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca">nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Swamp Milkweed = stem fibres as nesting material for birds</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">April 19, 2015 at 10:20:50 AM = ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"'Jim (James W.) = Wolford'" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = 'James Churchill' <<a = href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com">jameslchurchill@gmail.com</a>>= ;<br></span></div><br><div><div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#0563C1" = vlink=3D"#954F72" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1;"><div style=3D"margin:= 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;">Hi all:<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">In my yard = this morning an American Robin has been busy pulling long fibres from = overwintered, dead stalks of Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) = plants, and carrying them to a tree where a nest is under construction. = In previous years I=92ve seen Baltimore Orioles and American Goldfinches = removing these fibres for use as nesting material. Swamp Milkweed is = perhaps best known to naturalists as a food plant for monarch butterfly = larvae, but the flowers also attract the adults of monarchs and other = species of butterflies, as well as bees, wasps, flies etc. As a garden = plant, Swamp Milkweed is less invasive than Common Milkweed (A. = syriaca). It does self-seed but this is easily prevented by removing the = seed pods before they mature. A multi-purpose plant for a = naturalist=92s garden!<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0in 0in = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;">Nancy</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></= html>= --Apple-Mail=_E76A8774-D899-4832-A6CC-184BBD9F7F22--
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