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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-4D45C121-04AB-4995-ADD9-343AE16DE39F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable They patrolled the low bush blueberries in our field in Riverport and had a g= ood feast so they are definitely attracted to berries. But I never saw one m= unching from the air. But Gulls are flexible.=20 A lot of birds feed on Bayberries but from what Eric says very few actually d= igest them. Doesn=E2=80=99t sound like they are worth the energy expenditure= of hovering.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Jan 10, 2018, at 6:32 PM, Eric Mills <E.Mills@Dal.Ca> wrote: >=20 > I'm not sure about gulls and crows, but at least Myrtle (Yellow-rumped)=E2= =80=8E Warblers and Tree Swallows have enzymes (wax lipases) that allow them= to digest bayberry fruits. >=20 > Eric >=20 > Eric L. Mills=20 > Lower Rose Bay > Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia=20 > Canada > From: David > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 18:21 > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Gulls and Bay Berries >=20 > Hello: > I don't know about gulls but for some 30-40 (50 ?) years I had a Bayb= erry (Myrica pensylvanica) which I had planted east of the garden. And every= winter Crows feasted there until every berry was gone. Due to good growing c= onditions it got to be quite tall (>6') but evntually died. =20 > Yt, DW, Kentville >=20 > ------ Original Message ------ > From: klantz@ns.sympatico.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: 1/10/2018 5:42:28 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Gulls and Bay Berries >=20 >> I admit to being a little "gull blind" at times but when I make the effor= t to look they never fail to amaze (and confuse) me. Today at Highliner Food= s I watched one half land/hover over a Bay Berry bush and begin to pick off t= he berries. Is this normal behaviour? I have never seen it before.=20 >> =20 >> Kevin Lantz >> Front Centre --Apple-Mail-4D45C121-04AB-4995-ADD9-343AE16DE39F Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">They patrolled the low bush blueberries in o= ur field in Riverport and had a good feast so they are definitely attracted t= o berries. But I never saw one munching from the air. But Gulls are flexible= . <div><br></div><div><div>A lot of birds feed on Bayberries but from w= hat Eric says very few actually digest them. Doesn=E2=80=99t sound like they= are worth the energy expenditure of hovering. </div><div><br></div><di= v>Nancy</div><div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div>= <div><br>On Jan 10, 2018, at 6:32 PM, Eric Mills <<a href=3D"mailto:E.Mil= ls@Dal.Ca">E.Mills@Dal.Ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"ci= te"><div> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-12= 56"> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro'= ,sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> I'm not sure about gulls and crows, but at least Myrtle (Yellow-rumped= )=E2=80=8E Warblers and Tree Swallows have enzymes (wax lipases) that allow t= hem to digest bayberry fruits.</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro'= ,sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro'= ,sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Eric</div> <div style=3D"width:100%; font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro'= ,sans-serif,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-size:initial; font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,= sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125); text-align:initial; background-color:rgb(2= 55,255,255)"> Eric L. Mills <br> Lower Rose Bay<br> Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia <br> Canada</div> <table width=3D"100%" style=3D"background-color:white; border-spacing:0px"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan=3D"2" style=3D"font-size:initial; text-align:initial; background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style=3D"border-style:solid none none; border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223= ); border-top-width:1pt; padding:3pt 0in 0in; font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha S= ans','Slate Pro'; font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>David</div> <div><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, January 10, 2018 18:21</div> <div><b>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca</a></div> <div><b>Reply To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@ch= ebucto.ns.ca</a></div> <div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NatureNS] Gulls and Bay Berries</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style=3D"border-style:solid none none; border-top-color:rgb(186,188,209= ); border-top-width:1pt; font-size:initial; text-align:initial; background-c= olor:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div> <br> <div> <div>Hello:</div> <div> I don't know about gulls but for some 30-40 (50 ?) y= ears I had a Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica) which I had planted east of the g= arden. And every winter Crows feasted there until every berry was gone. Due t= o good growing conditions it got to be quite tall (>6') but evntually died. </div> <div>Yt, DW, Kentville</div> <div><br> </div> <div>------ Original Message ------</div> <div>From: <a href=3D"mailto:klantz@ns.sympatico.ca">klantz@ns.sympatico.ca<= /a></div> <div>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<= /a></div> <div>Sent: 1/10/2018 5:42:28 PM</div> <div>Subject: [NatureNS] Gulls and Bay Berries</div> <div><br> </div> <div id=3D"x5dff8dc44a63499"> <blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"cite2"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size:10pt; font-family:'Arial'; color:#000000"> <div><font face=3D"Arial">I admit to being a little "gull blind" at times bu= t when I make the effort to look they never fail to amaze (and confuse) me. T= oday at Highliner Foods I watched one half land/hover over a Bay Berry bush a= nd begin to pick off the berries. Is this normal behaviour? I have never seen it before.</font> </div> <div> </div> <div>Kevin Lantz</div> <div>Front Centre</div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4D45C121-04AB-4995-ADD9-343AE16DE39F--
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