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next message in archive<br> I use corn starch instead of flour to get tracks. David Webster wrote: > Hi John, Oct 8, 2009 > I have noticed no responses to you question so, based on the folklore that raccoons wash their food when possible, will guess raccoon. > > > A light dusting of white flour between tree and birdbath would test this idea. > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Kearney > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:49 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Food Preparation in Birds and/or Mammals? > > > For the second autumn in a row, some creature is transporting bunches of Mountain Ashes berries to my bird bath, about 30 metres from the closest Mountain Ash tree. The animal has never been seen carrying out this procedure. But it appears that one bunch of Mountain Ashes berries at a time is brought to the bird bath and left there to soak in the water. At first the berries float but as they soften they sink to the bottom of the water column where there is a pile of berry mash. There is no trail of berries from the tree to the bird bath and only occasionally do I see a berry far from the tree in another part of the yard. A new bunch or two of berries is seen in the bird bath every couple of days. I suspect that crows, robins, blue jays, squirrels, or raccoons are doing this. But why? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.420 / Virus Database: 270.14.3/2409 - Release Date: 10/02/09 06:46:00 >
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