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Hi all=2C
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This shrub has the most horrific thorns - so fine and innocent-looking=2C b=
ut feel just like needles going in! In my prime blackberry-picking territor=
y=2C a barberry has come up right in the middle of one of the most prolific=
patches. Each year=2C the barberry branches seem to extend further outwar=
d=2C and the blackberries are forced to reach higher and higher to come out=
the top and into the sun. All I can do is look longingly at loaded canes =
that only a knight in full armour could get to! Makes great bird habitat t=
hough - one fall after the leaves were down I found what must have been a p=
erfectly protected nest right below the top of the bush.
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A. Woolaver=20
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From: dwebster@glinx.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
Date: Fri=2C 30 Jan 2015 08:02:54 -0400
Dear All=2C
I planted a Bayberry in our yard about 1967=2C by good fortune a female=
=2C and it cropped just about every year from about 1972 until it became we=
ak about 2000 (Died about 2005=3B shade/roots of Crack Willow and Black Che=
rry I suspect). It became huge BTY=2C about 7' tall and 1" at the ground.
The berries have a thick coat of wax beads so 'lipid' rich. The bush wa=
s readily seen from one Kitchen window and one Dining Room window. Crows fe=
d on the berries every year=2C usually in late winter=2C often hanging upsi=
de down while they fed. But we never saw a Flicker feeding on them.=20
=20
I recommend it as a yard plant if you have open space especially now th=
at it has a probable Flicker connection=3B no care needed.
Yt=2C Dave Webster=2C Kentville=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ken McKenna=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday=2C January 29=2C 2015 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
Hi all=20
I hope I am not passing on mis-information. For some reason thought that th=
is is why flickers in winter are often found where there is bayberry but I =
am now not 100% sure of this. Certainly other birds such as late yellow-ru=
mped (myrtle) warblers and I think tree swallows can be found in these area
Well I just did a Google and indeed both red-bellied woodpeckers and flicke=
rs like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content.=20
Cheers l
Ken
Ken McKenna=20
Box 218 =20
Stellarton
NS B0K 1S0
On Jan 29=2C 2015=2C at 9:29 PM=2C katefsteele@gmail.com wrote:
That also explains the flicker or two that were seen several times at Grand=
Desert Beach last winter where there is hardly a tree. I hadn't put much t=
hought into why they were at that location!
Kate
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
From: Keith Lowe
Sent: Thursday=2C January 29=2C 2015 9:15 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Reply To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
Liking bayberry would explain their presence at Rainbow Haven then. There a=
re at least 4 =96 6 of them wintering there this year.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
On Behalf Of Ken McKenna
Sent: Thursday=2C January 29=2C 2015 8:37 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
Hi all=20
In Pictou co. Most overwintering flickers are near sources of bayberry and =
here that is often near the shore like caribou I =2C Melmerby pp and big I.=
=20
This year on Pictou hbr Cbc the Vines had 6-7 flickers nicely decorating o=
ne tree near the entrance of Pictou hbr and in the middle a red-bellied woo=
dpecker. The odd one shows up elsewhere like Pictou town which is coastal i=
n a way. We rarely have missed getting a number of flickers on this count =
in the nearly 25 years of my doing this count.=20
On the Springville count which runs an inland tangent from the Pictou hbr c=
ount we rarely get flickers- not a lot of inland bayberry. My thoughts any=
way for what it is worth.=20
Cheers
Ken
Ken McKenna
Box 218 =20
Stellarton
NS B0K 1S0
On Jan 29=2C 2015=2C at 8:16 PM=2C David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.c=
om> wrote:
Hi Keith=2C
I have not seen one of these plots before=3B very impressive. What is t=
he difference between a blue balloon and a red one ? Assuming the pointed e=
nd is the location marker=2C nearly all are near salt water or in the warme=
r end of the Annapolis Valley (when viewed at large scale)=3B suggests aver=
sion to cold.
Yt=2C Dave Webster=2C Kentville
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Keith Lowe=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Thursday=2C January 29=2C 2015 11:19 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
Hi Ron=2C
Welcome to the list.=20
Northern Flickers are in range for overwintering in the western half of the=
Nova Scotia mainland.=20
You=92ll have to zoom in but this map shows eBirded Northern Flickers in Ja=
n/Feb for the last 10 years. Click on =93Show Points Sooner=94 on the right=
side of the page.
http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norfli?neg=3Dtrue&env.minX=3D&env.minY=3D&env.ma=
xX=3D&env.maxY=3D&zh=3Dfalse&gp=3Dfalse&ev=3DZ&mr=3Don&bmo=3D1&emo=3D2&yr=
=3Dlast10&byr=3D2005&eyr=3D2015
Keith Lowe
Halifax
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
On Behalf Of Ron Wilson
Sent: Thursday=2C January 29=2C 2015 10:31 AM
To: Nature NS
Subject: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....
ok - its just a play on words.....
We've been hosting a Northern Flicker at our feeders this winter.
Yesterday my wife Heather heard a noise in the back yard and looked out to =
see TWO Northern Flickers battling for a spot on our suet feeder.=20
It seems odd to me that Flickers are now overwintering in the Maritimes.
Maybe it is a new climate change trend or perhaps they have always been cap=
able of withstanding our cold temps but never had such an abundant winter =
food source like they do now=2C given all the feeding stations around.
Ron Wilson
Somerset/Berwick NS=20
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