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--Apple-Mail=_A8169D66-266D-42F6-B7BE-8D722D0C22FD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Very interesting, Donna, thanks, but a bit puzzling to this naturalist. = In the Wolfville area, high-bush cranberries often last for most or all = of the winter, providing some nice colour against the snowy landscape. = My impression has been that they are somehow less palatable than the = other wild fruits like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others. Thus I am = wondering if, in Donna=92s area, either Bridgetown or near Keji=92 Park, = some of the wild fruits are already depleted? Cheers from JIm in Wolfville. P.S. Since my earlier report of unidentified waxwings here (perhaps = cedars?), no others have been reported lately (that I have heard about).=20= Begin forwarded message: > From: Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] cedar waxwings and creepers > Date: February 1, 2016 at 3:05:17 PM AST > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > I came across a flock of ~ 25 cedar waxwings on a =91spring walk=92 = today. They were consuming our high bush cranberries with gusto. One = swallowed 5 berries in a row, then took off. I returned with = binoculars, and confirmed that there was not a single Bohemian among = them. A brown creeper and a group of chickadees all seemed to be = attracted to the festivity, and all matching the same high pitches = emitted by the cedar waxwings. There are lots of Canada holly berries = this year as well, but the high bush cranberries were getting all of the = attention. > =20 > Donna Crossland --Apple-Mail=_A8169D66-266D-42F6-B7BE-8D722D0C22FD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Very interesting, Donna, thanks, = but a bit puzzling to this naturalist. In the Wolfville area, = high-bush cranberries often last for most or all of the winter, = providing some nice colour against the snowy landscape. My = impression has been that they are somehow less palatable than the other = wild fruits like mountain-ash or hawthorns or others. Thus I am = wondering if, in Donna=92s area, either Bridgetown or near Keji=92 Park, = some of the wild fruits are already depleted?<div><br></div><div>Cheers = from JIm in Wolfville.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Since my earlier = report of unidentified waxwings here (perhaps cedars?), no others have = been reported lately (that I have heard = about). <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Donna Crossland <<a = href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[NatureNS] cedar = waxwings and creepers</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">February 1, 2016 at = 3:05:17 PM AST<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I came across a = flock of ~ 25 cedar waxwings on a =91spring walk=92 today. = They were consuming our high bush cranberries with gusto. One = swallowed 5 berries in a row, then took off. I returned with = binoculars, and confirmed that there was not a single Bohemian among = them. A brown creeper and a group of chickadees all seemed to be = attracted to the festivity, and all matching the same high pitches = emitted by the cedar waxwings. There are lots of Canada = holly berries this year as well, but the high bush cranberries were = getting all of the attention.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Donna = Crossland</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></htm= l>= --Apple-Mail=_A8169D66-266D-42F6-B7BE-8D722D0C22FD--
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