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waxwings here (perhaps cedars?), no others have bee This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01D15D7D.5823C750 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Down here on Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth, a female purple finch was feast= ing on rose hips by the dawn=E2=80=99s early light a couple of days ago. A= ll the other birdies (white-throats, juncos) were focused on the feed on th= e ground, so the behaviour of Ms. Purple was quite distinctive. From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of Nicholas Hill Sent: February 2, 2016 5:18 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and creep= ers There is mention of Viburnum opulus (same as trilobum=3D highbush "cranber= ry " ) in the dispersal literature ( Cippolini. .witmer) all around the top= ic of birds' ability to detoxify anti-feedant compounds as well as fruits b= eing laxatives. I've seen little piles of the stripped large seeds at base of trees in rver= floodplains, a main native habitat of this plant in NS (Heidi Boutlier may= have planted the ones in point pleasant around Cambridge), and I'm thinkin= g squirrels may scatter hoard the seeds and then voles would go in for seco= ndary dispersal. Donna's observation is a very good one. Needs a note in t= he Proceedings of NS Institute or northeastern naturalist. Nick On Feb 1, 2016 9:09 PM, "David Patriquin" <davidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca> wrote:= There is a quite large stand of highbush below the Cambridge battery in Po= int Pleasant Park. Over many years those berries have survived into early F= ebruary at least but this year they were cleaned out in late Oct/early Nov.= Not one left so it wasn't people harvesting them. _____ From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:45 PM Subject: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and creepers 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 th= e winter, providing some nice colour against the snowy landscape. My impre= ssion has been that they are somehow less palatable than the other wild fru= its like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others. Thus I am wondering if, in D= onna=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). 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. They were consuming our high bush cranberries with gusto. = One swallowed 5 berries in a row, then took off. I returned with binocular= s, and confirmed that there was not a single Bohemian among them. A brown = creeper and a group of chickadees all seemed to be attracted to the festivi= ty, and all matching the same high pitches emitted by the cedar waxwings. = There are lots of Canada holly berries this year as well, but the high bus= h cranberries were getting all of the attention. 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