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------=_Part_155722_1307976041.1454375128798 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =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 Begin forwarded message: 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 ------=_Part_155722_1307976041.1454375128798 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; f= ont-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, = sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12117"><sp= an></span></div><div></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12118">&nb= 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= February at least but this year they were cleaned out in late Oct/early No= v. Not one left so it wasn't people harvesting them.</div> <div class=3D"qt= dSeparateBR" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12160"><br><br></div><div cla= ss=3D"yahoo_quoted" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12157" style=3D"displa= y: block;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helv= etica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _1_1454374653080_12156"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetic= a Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12155"> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_= 1454374653080_12154"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_14= 54374653080_12153"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">Fr= om:</span></b> Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca><br> <b><span styl= e=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.c= a> <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 & 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. In the Wolfville area, high-bush cranberries often = last for most or all of the winter, providing some nice colour against the = snowy landscape. My impression has been that they are somehow less pa= latable than the other wild fruits like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others= . 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= 6_0_1_1454374653080_12184">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class=3D"yiv73= 13563984Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_1_1454374653080_12189"><div style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;mar= gin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12188"><s= pan style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_122= 37"><b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12236">From: </b></span><span style= =3D"font-family:'Helvetica';" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12187">Donna= Crossland <<a rel=3D"nofollow" ymailto=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca= " target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca" id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _1_1454374653080_12186">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>><br></span></div><div= style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px= ;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12193"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helv= etica';" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12222"><b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454= 374653080_12221">Subject: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'= ;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12192"><b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1454374653= 080_12191">[NatureNS] cedar waxwings and creepers</b><br></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;ma