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tree swallows can be found in these area& Barberry (Berberis) is edible but highly acidic. It's used in Iranian cuisine and in parts of Russia. Wiki it. There's an interesting article. Jane Schlosberg -----Original Message----- From: plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 4:39 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Barberry (was [NatureNS] Bayberry) I appreciated 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 menace. I have never observed a bird eat the fruit of barberry - does anyone know if any bird or other creature does? Patricia L. Chalmers Halifax ---- Anne Woolaver <awoolave@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > This shrub has the most horrific thorns - so fine and innocent-looking, > but feel just like needles going in! In my prime blackberry-picking > territory, a barberry 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 protected nest right below the top of the bush. > > > > A. Woolaver > > > > > From: dwebster@glinx.com > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:02:54 -0400 > > > Dear All, > I planted a Bayberry in our yard about 1967, by good fortune a female, > and it cropped 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. > 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 winter, often hanging > upside down while they fed. But we never saw a Flicker feeding on them. > > I recommend it as a yard plant if you have open space especially now > that it has a probable Flicker connection; no care needed. > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken McKenna > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:52 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > > > Hi all > I hope I am not passing on mis-information. For some reason thought that > this 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-rumped (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 > flickers like bayberry. Apparently they have a very high fat content. > > > Cheers l > Ken > > Ken McKenna > Box 218 > Stellarton > NS B0K 1S0 > > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, 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 thought into why they were at that location! > > > Kate > > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > > > > > > From: Keith Lowe > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 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 > are at least 4 – 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, January 29, 2015 8:37 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > > > Hi all > > In Pictou co. Most overwintering flickers are near sources of bayberry and > here that is often near the shore like caribou I , Melmerby pp and big I. > > This year on Pictou hbr Cbc the Vines had 6-7 flickers nicely decorating > one tree near the entrance of Pictou hbr and in the middle a red-bellied > woodpecker. The odd one shows up elsewhere like Pictou town which is > coastal in a way. We rarely have missed getting a number of flickers on > this count in the nearly 25 years of my doing this count. > > > > On the Springville count which runs an inland tangent from the Pictou hbr > count we rarely get flickers- not a lot of inland bayberry. My thoughts > anyway for what it is worth. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > Ken McKenna > > Box 218 > > Stellarton > > NS B0K 1S0 > > > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:16 PM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Keith, > > I have not seen one of these plots before; very impressive. What is > the difference between a blue balloon and a red one ? Assuming the pointed > end is the location marker, nearly all are near salt water or in the > warmer end of the Annapolis Valley (when viewed at large scale); suggests > aversion to cold. > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Keith Lowe > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:19 AM > > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A Flicker of hope .... > > > Hi Ron, > > Welcome to the list. > > Northern Flickers are in range for overwintering in the western half of > the Nova Scotia mainland. > > You’ll have to zoom in but this map shows eBirded Northern Flickers in > Jan/Feb for the last 10 years. Click on “Show Points Sooner” on the right > side of the page. > > http://ebird.org/ebird/map/norfli?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=1&emo=2&yr=last10&byr=2005&eyr=2015 > > Keith Lowe > Halifax > > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > On Behalf Of Ron Wilson > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 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