[NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and

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=C2=A0There is a quite large stand of highbush below the Cambridge battery =
in Point Pleasant Park. Over many years those berries have survived into ea=
rly February at least but this year they were cleaned out in late Oct/early=
 Nov. Not one left so it wasn't people harvesting them.=20

      From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
 To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
 Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:45 PM
 Subject: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and creepers
  =20
Very interesting, Donna, thanks, but a bit puzzling to this naturalist. =C2=
=A0In the Wolfville area, high-bush cranberries often last for most or all =
of the winter, providing some nice colour against the snowy landscape. =C2=
=A0My impression has been that they are somehow less palatable than the oth=
er wild fruits like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others. =C2=A0Thus I am wo=
ndering if, in Donna=E2=80=99s area, either Bridgetown or near Keji=E2=80=
=99 Park, some of the wild fruits are already depleted?
Cheers from JIm in Wolfville.
P.S. Since my earlier report of unidentified waxwings here (perhaps cedars?=
), no others have been reported lately (that I have heard about).=C2=A0

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From: Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] cedar waxwings and creepers
Date: February 1, 2016 at 3:05:17 PM AST
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca

I came across a flock of ~ 25 cedar waxwings on a =E2=80=98spring walk=E2=
=80=99 today.=C2=A0=C2=A0 They were consuming our high bush cranberries wit=
h gusto.=C2=A0 One swallowed 5 berries in a row, then took off.=C2=A0 I ret=
urned with binoculars, and confirmed that there was not a single Bohemian a=
mong them.=C2=A0 A brown creeper and a group of chickadees all seemed to be=
 attracted to the festivity, and all matching the same high pitches emitted=
 by the cedar waxwings.=C2=A0 =C2=A0There are lots of Canada holly berries =
this year as well, but the high bush cranberries were getting all of the at=
tention. =C2=A0Donna Crossland



  
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sp;There is a quite large stand of highbush below the Cambridge battery in =
Point Pleasant Park. Over many years those berries have survived into early=
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om:</span></b> Jim Wolford &lt;jimwolford@eastlink.ca&gt;<br> <b><span styl=
e=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens &lt;naturens@chebucto.ns.c=
a&gt; <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, F=
ebruary 1, 2016 5:45 PM<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:<=
/span></b> [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries &amp; cedar waxwings and cre=
epers<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_container" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_=
1454374653080_12174"><br><div id=3D"yiv7313563984"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_=
1454374653080_12173">Very interesting, Donna, thanks, but a bit puzzling to=
 this naturalist. &nbsp;In the Wolfville area, high-bush cranberries often =
last for most or all of the winter, providing some nice colour against the =
snowy landscape. &nbsp;My impression has been that they are somehow less pa=
latable than the other wild fruits like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others=
. &nbsp;Thus I am wondering if, in Donna=E2=80=99s area, either Bridgetown =
or near Keji=E2=80=99 Park, some of the wild fruits are already depleted?<d=
iv id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12176"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_=
1_1454374653080_12217">Cheers from JIm in Wolfville.</div><div id=3D"yui_3_=
16_0_1_1454374653080_12178"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080=
_12180">P.S. Since my earlier report of unidentified waxwings here (perhaps=
 cedars?), no others have been reported lately (that I have heard about).&n=
bsp;<br><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12182"><br><div id=3D"yui_3_1=
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