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Index of Subjects --0000000000002d7987056a1217c2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Miner's Marsh has very extensive, thick stands of bullrushes. These create a complex microhabitat that does not get beat down any lower than perhaps 1/2 m over the entire winter. There is lots of potential for tiny arthropod life down in there that would carry on all winter. There would also be overwintering stages of larger insects hidden in the stems. There might be days when it was pretty bleak in there, but there would be other days with a very decent microhabitat temperature and even small open water for midges or winter stoneflies or whatever to emerge. So, very important to not visualize this as a sheet of ice or solid snow. Not at all. (A few Song Sparrows lead pretty much the same life, each winter.) Rick Whitman On 17 April 2018 at 16:49, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > Was wondering what the Marsh Wren that spent much of the winter at Miner= =E2=80=99s > Marsh managed to find for food during that time? I read they are insect > eaters. > > Nancy > > Sent from my iPad > --0000000000002d7987056a1217c2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Miner's Marsh has very extensive, thick stands of bull= rushes. These create a complex microhabitat that does not get beat down any= lower than perhaps 1/2 m over the entire winter. There is lots of potentia= l for tiny arthropod life down in there that would carry on all winter. The= re would also be overwintering stages of larger insects hidden in the stems= . There might be days when it was pretty bleak in there, but there would be= other days with a very decent microhabitat temperature and even small open= water for midges or winter stoneflies or whatever to emerge. So, very impo= rtant to not visualize this as a sheet of ice or solid snow. Not at all.<di= v>(A few Song Sparrows lead pretty much the same life, each winter.)<br><di= v>Rick Whitman</div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote">On 17 April 2018 at 16:49, nancy dowd <span dir=3D"ltr">&l= t;<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmai= l.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m= argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Was wondering= what the Marsh Wren that spent much of the winter at Miner=E2=80=99s Marsh= managed to find for food during that time? I read they are insect eaters. = <br> <br> Nancy<br> <br> Sent from my iPad<br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --0000000000002d7987056a1217c2--
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