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On 14/10/2018 6:07 PM, David Simpson wrote:
> is the spread of black walnuts in Ontario due to human plantings or something else?
* initially due to plantings, partly inspired by the commercial value of
the wood, but greatly amplified by Squirrels, who at this season can
often be seen carrying the nuts long distances (this fall we watched a
'Gray' Squirrel in Kemptville carry a nut about 200m, and didn't see it
either set out or reach its destination), and also nuts being washed
downstream from trees, producing uniform stands of Black Walnuts along
some creeksides.
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> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 12:25 AM Frederick W. Schueler, <bckcdb@istar.ca
> <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
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> On 12/10/2018 4:32 PM, David Hughes wrote:
>> We were in Middleton visiting last weekend and went for a walk that covered most of the town. There were grey squirrels everywhere we went with a few black variants. This is a huge change in just a few years.
>
> this is similar to what we've seen in eastern Ontario over the past 40 years - Gray Squirrels (most of ours are black) used to be restricted to cities and Oak woods along the St Lawrence, but with the spread of bird feeders, Oaks, and especially Black Walnuts, they're now ubiquitous. fred.
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