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I have a hedge across the back of my lot and have had similar experiences. =
Acyellow breasted chat sometimes eats them,but except for last year the ber=
ries don't get eaten. Last winter a flock of bBohemian waxwings descended a=
nd cleared it put in 2 days. My car was covered with digested berries-went =
from black to pinky. Cheers,=0AMargarer=0A=0A
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<table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"><tr><td valign=3D"t=
op"><p dir=3Dltr><font size =3D"2"><font size =3D"2">I have a hedge across =
the back of my lot and have had similar experiences. Acyellow breasted chat=
sometimes eats them,but except for last year the berries don't get eaten. =
Last winter a flock of bBohemian waxwings descended and cleared it put in 2=
days. My car was covered with digested berries-went from black to pinky. C=
heers,</font></font><br>=0A<font color =3D"#000000"><font size =3D"2"><font=
size =3D"2">Margarer</font></font></font></p>=0A <table cellspacing=3D"0" =
cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign=3D"top"> <div style=
=3D"font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;color:#7e7d80;">From:"Dennis" <dhippe=
rn@hotmail.com><br/>Date:Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 5:19 pm<br/>Subject:RE: Bar=
berry (was [NatureNS] Bayberry)<br/><br/></div> <div dir=3D"ltr">=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 I have a Barberry outside my front door which produces a good loa=
d of fruit <br clear=3D"none">each year which I keep more or less trimmed.=
=C2=A0Some=C2=A0years ago I saw a group<br clear=3D"none">of about 15 Cedar=
Waxwings consume the entire crop in a=C2=A0matter of minutes.<br clear=3D"=
none">This was in late February and they must have been desperate.<br clear=
=3D"none">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Other than this occasion the berries remain al=
l winter until they fall to the<br clear=3D"none">=C2=A0ground and rot.<br =
clear=3D"none">Cheers,<br clear=3D"none">Dennis Hippern<br clear=3D"none">U=
sually of Cole Harbour<br clear=3D"none">but now wintering in Florida<br cl=
ear=3D"none">=C2=A0<br clear=3D"none"><br
clear=3D"none">=C2=A0<br clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yQTDBase yqt99984986=
62" id=3D"yqtfd77143"><div>> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 16:39:15 -0400<br cle=
ar=3D"none">> From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca<br clear=3D"none">> To=
: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br clear=3D"none">> Subject: Barberry (was [Na=
tureNS] Bayberry)<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">> I apprecia=
ted Anne's description of Barberry - we also have one growing in with a=
fine row of blackberries along my parents' driveway, and it's a me=
nace.<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">> I have never observed =
a bird eat the fruit of barberry - does anyone know if any bird or other cr=
eature does?<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">> Patricia L. Cha=
lmers<br clear=3D"none">> Halifax<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"no=
ne">> ---- Anne Woolaver <awoolave@hotmail.com> wrote: <br clear=
=3D"none">> > Hi all,<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D"none">>=
> <br clear=3D"none">> > This
shrub has the most horrific thorns - so fine and innocent-looking, but fee=
l just like needles going in! In my prime blackberry-picking territory, a b=
arberry has come up right in the middle of one of the most prolific patches=
. Each year, the barberry branches seem to extend further outward, 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 though - one =
fall after the leaves were down I found what must have been a perfectly pro=
tected nest right below the top of the bush.<br clear=3D"none">> > <b=
r clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none"=
>> > A. Woolaver <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">>=
; > <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=
=3D"none">> > From: dwebster@glinx.com<br clear=3D"none">> > To=
:
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br clear=3D"none">> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS=
] A Flicker of hope ....<br clear=3D"none">> > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015=
08:02:54 -0400<br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> > <b=
r clear=3D"none">> > Dear All,<br clear=3D"none">> > I plan=
ted a Bayberry in our yard about 1967, by good fortune a female, and it cro=
pped just about every year from about 1972 until it became weak about 2000 =
(Died about 2005; shade/roots of Crack Willow and Black Cherry I suspect). =
It became huge BTY, about 7' tall and 1" at the ground.<br clear=
=3D"none">> > The berries have a thick coat of wax beads so '=
lipid' rich. The bush was readily seen from one Kitchen window and one =
Dining Room window. Crows fed on the berries every year, usually in late wi=
nter, often hanging upside down while they fed. But we never saw a Flicker =
feeding on them. <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> >=
I
recommend it as a yard plant if you have open space especially now that it=
has a probable Flicker connection; no care needed.<br clear=3D"none">> =
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"=
none">> > ----- Original Message ----- <br clear=3D"none">> > F=
rom: Ken McKenna <br clear=3D"none">> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <=
br clear=3D"none">> > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:52 PM<br cle=
ar=3D"none">> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope ....<br cle=
ar=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> > <br clear=3D"none">> =
> Hi all <br clear=3D"none">> > I hope I am not passing on mis-inf=
ormation. For some reason thought that this is why flickers in winter are o=
ften found where there is bayberry but I am now not 100% sure of this. Cer=
tainly other birds such as late yellow-rumped (myrtle) warblers and I think=
tree swallows can be found in these area&