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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-26DD0CEB-7B50-465F-AB82-E3D50B4C63AE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you for the info Rick. Like Woodpeckers, Nuthatches and Creepers who f= ind insects in winter, the Marsh Wren has a bill suitable for digging them o= ut. The still erect Cattails would help. I noticed recent pics of Cattail m= arshes in the Nappan area that were totally flattened. =20 Nancy Sent from my iPad > On Apr 18, 2018, at 6:24 AM, Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.co= m> wrote: >=20 > Hi Dave, > What I call bullrushes I believe most people call cattails. Miner's Marsh i= tself is not tidal but the tidal Cornwallis River and some tidal marsh is im= mediately on the other side of the dyke. > Rick. >=20 >> On 17 April 2018 at 20:02, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: >> Hi Rick & All, >> Would these bulrush be some expression of Scirpus maritimus ? I wonde= red if insect larva might be available on mud pools exposed during falling o= r low tide. I don't have dates at hand without digging but decades ago I saw= swarms of Stonefly adults on deep snowbanks near the railway bridge.=20 >> Yt, DW, Kentville >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> >> To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Sent: 4/17/2018 6:32:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Marsh Wren food >>=20 >>> Miner's Marsh has very extensive, thick stands of bullrushes. These crea= te 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 over= wintering stages of larger insects hidden in the stems. There might be days w= hen it was pretty bleak in there, but there would be other days with a very d= ecent microhabitat temperature and even small open water for midges or winte= r 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 >>>=20 >>>> 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 Mine= r=E2=80=99s Marsh managed to find for food during that time? I read they are= insect eaters.=20 >>>>=20 >>>> Nancy >>>>=20 >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-26DD0CEB-7B50-465F-AB82-E3D50B4C63AE 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">Thank you for the info Rick. Like Woodpecke= rs, Nuthatches and Creepers who find insects in winter, the Marsh Wren has a= bill suitable for digging them out. The still erect Cattails would help. I n= oticed recent pics of Cattail marshes in the Nappan area that were tot= ally flattened. <div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailS= ignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Apr 18, 2018, at 6:24 AM, Rick W= hitman <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com">dendroica.cae= rulescens@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d= iv><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Dave,<div>What I call bullrushes I believe most peopl= e call cattails. Miner's Marsh itself is not tidal but the tidal Cornwallis R= iver and some tidal marsh is immediately on the other side of the dyke.</div= ><div>Rick.</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu= ote">On 17 April 2018 at 20:02, David <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailt= o:dwebster@glinx.com" target=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></span> wr= ote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-= left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Hi Rick & All,</div><div= > Would these bulrush be some expression of Scirpus maritimus ?= I wondered if insect larva might be available on mud pools exposed during f= alling or low tide. I don't have dates at hand without digging but decades a= go I saw swarms of Stonefly adults on deep snowbanks near the railway bridge= . </div> <div>Yt, DW, Kentville</div> <div>------ Original Message ------</div> <div>From: "Rick Whitman" <<a href=3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail= .com" target=3D"_blank">dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.<wbr>com</a>></div> <div>To: "naturens" <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D= "_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></div> <div>Sent: 4/17/2018 6:32:54 PM</div> <div>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Marsh Wren food</div><div><br></div> <div id=3D"m_-6290312428702735611x44ca03df065d412"><blockquote cite=3D"http:= //CAA9nSY8g+9dQ5MsUBogykZujUynkn_MUbah+xfYqcQnJqt2tKg@mail.gmail.com" type=3D= "cite" class=3D"m_-6290312428702735611cite2"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Miner's Marsh has very extensive, thick stands of bullrushe= s. 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 t= iny 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 m= ight be days when it was pretty bleak in there, but there would be other day= s with a very decent microhabitat temperature and even small open water for m= idges or winter stoneflies or whatever to emerge. So, very important to not v= isualize this as a sheet of ice or solid snow. Not at all.<div>(A few Song S= parrows lead pretty much the same life, each winter.)<br><div>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"><<a href=3D"mailto:= nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> w= rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border= -left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Was wondering what the Marsh Wren tha= t 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> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div><br></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-26DD0CEB-7B50-465F-AB82-E3D50B4C63AE--
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