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</pre This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0575_01CCE75E.8A836230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After a heavy snowfall a few years ago, Bohemian Waxwings showed up and = ate all of our holly berries down to the snow line. When it thawed, we = still had berries on the lower part of the bush. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@eastlink.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:53 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings Hi All Today I was out finishing up my wood splitting for the winter. A flock = of about 8 -10 Cedar Waxwings came by and went into my holly bush to = feed on the red berries. It is a decidious holly - an Ilex mixture of = some sort. Frost is reputed to remove the poison from the berries but = the robins have not taken to it. The waxwings didn't seem turned off. About a dozen robins were feeding on the red berries on the Japanese = barberry ( Berberis thunbergii). They had not touched them to the last = couple of days. This schrub has a reputation of been invasive but the = one in my garden is old and doesn't have any children - perhaps it needs = another one to make fertile seed. Anyway the robins enjoy it. I went to town earlier and saw a Mallard drake who lost an argument with = a car. I stopped to see if any feather would be good for trout flies and = I was not disappointed. The interesting thing was that it had a silver = band. The band had been on the bird so long it was wore down below the = numbers. CWS has a procedure to read the numbers on these bands so I = sent it off to them. They may tell me its history but I'm not holding my = breath - LOL have a nice winter Paul ------=_NextPart_000_0575_01CCE75E.8A836230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>After a heavy snowfall a few years ago, = Bohemian=20 Waxwings showed up and ate all of our holly berries down to the snow = line. =20 When it thawed, we still had berries on the lower part of the = bush.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Don</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul=20 MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:53 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Cedar Waxwings</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, = times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437> <DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: 'times new = roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437> <DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: 'times new = roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 12pt"=20 class=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882363748250> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117782> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: 'times new = roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 12pt"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117783=20 class=3D"yiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117750 = yiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882363748256"> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117784> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: 'times new = roman', 'new york', times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 12pt"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117785=20 class=3D"yiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882324764250 = yiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117756 = yiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882363748262"> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437> <DIV id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117786> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = FONT-SIZE: 12pt"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117787=20 class=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882313751150> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882303513440><FONT=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882324764263=20 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi All</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882303513440><FONT=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_16_132882337117792=20 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Today I was out finishing up my = wood=20 splitting for the winter. A flock of about 8 -10 Cedar Waxwings came by = and went=20 into my holly bush to feed on the red berries. It is a decidious holly - = an Ilex=20 mixture of some sort. Frost is reputed to remove the poison from the = berries but=20 the robins have not taken to it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882303513440><FONT=20 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The waxwings didn't seem turned=20 off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_132882303513440><FONT=20 face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">About a dozen robins = were feeding=20 on the red berries on the </FONT><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Japanese=20 barberry ( Berberis thunbergii). They had not touched them to the last = couple of=20 days. This schrub has a reputation of been invasive but the one in my = garden is=20 old and doesn't have any children - perhaps it needs another one to make = fertile=20 seed. Anyway the robins enjoy it.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"=20 id=3Dyiv970571437yui_3_2_0_15_1328823