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I was just up there chunking up a large dead branch (Black Cherry) that =
the recent snow brought down. The Rose crop on the side of the tangle =
which faces our house is light this year, being more shaded each year, =
but on the other side, with better exposure to sun, the crop is good.
Yt, DW
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From: David & Alison Webster=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
Hi David P. & All,
This change in feeding habit strongly suggest an unsual shortage of =
alternate feed or greater demand for feed (more birds).=20
I don't know how general this is but the Multiflora Rose at the edge =
of our lot, normally loaded with hips, had very few this year.
Yt, DW.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: David Patriquin=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
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 Nov. Not one left so it wasn't people harvesting them.
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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
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 palatable =
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?=20
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 binoculars, 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 festivity, 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 bush cranberries were getting =
all of the attention.
Donna Crossland
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<DIV>I was just up there chunking up a large dead branch=20
(Black Cherry) that the recent snow brought down. The Rose =
crop on the=20
side of the tangle which faces our house is light this year, being more =
shaded=20
each year, but on the other side, with better exposure to sun, the =
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good.</DIV>
<DIV>Yt, DW</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:58 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar =
waxwings and creepers</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hi David P. & All,</DIV>
<DIV> This change in feeding habit strongly suggest an =
unsual shortage of alternate feed or greater demand for feed (more =
birds).=20
</DIV>
<DIV> I don't know how general this is but the =
Multiflora Rose=20
at the edge of our lot, normally loaded with hips, had very few this =
year.</DIV>
<DIV>Yt, DW.</DIV>
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<A title=3Ddavidgpatriquin@yahoo.ca =
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cranberries & cedar waxwings and creepers</DIV>
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<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12118> There is a quite =
large stand of=20
highbush below the Cambridge battery in Point Pleasant Park. Over many =
years=20
those berries have survived into early February at least but this year =
they=20
were cleaned out in late Oct/early Nov. Not one left so it wasn't =
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<B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jim Wolford =
<<A=20
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<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, =
February 1,=20
2016 5:45 PM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: =
bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>=20
[NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and=20
creepers<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12173>Very interesting, Donna, =
thanks, but=20
a bit puzzling to this naturalist. In the Wolfville area, =
high-bush=20
cranberries often last for most or all of the winter, providing some =
nice=20
colour against the snowy landscape. My impression has been that =
they are=20
somehow less palatable than the other wild fruits like mountain-ash or =
hawthorns or others. Thus I am wondering if, in Donna=E2=80=99s =
area, either=20
Bridgetown or near Keji=E2=80=99 Park, some of the wild fruits are =
already depleted?=20
<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12176><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12217>Cheers from JIm in =
Wolfville.</DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12178><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1454374653080_12180>P.S. Since my earlier =
report of=20
unidentified waxwings here (perhaps cedars?), no others have been =
reported=20
lately (that I have heard about). <BR>
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came across a flock of ~ 25 cedar waxwings on a =E2=80=98spring =
walk=E2=80=99=20
today. They were consuming our high bush cranberries =
with=20
gusto. One swallowed 5 berries in a row, then took off. =
I=20
returned with binoculars, and confirmed that there was not a single =
Bohemian=20
among them. A brown creeper and a group of chickadees all =
seemed to be=20
attracted to the festivity, and all matching the same high pitches =
emitted=20
by the cedar waxwings. There are lots of Canada holly =
berries=20
this year as well, but the high bush cranberries were getting all of =
the=20
attention.</DIV>
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