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Hi David P. & All,
This change in feeding habit strongly suggest an unsual shortage of =
alternate feed or greater demand for feed (more birds).=20
I don't know how general this is but the Multiflora Rose at the edge =
of our lot, normally loaded with hips, had very few this year.
Yt, DW.
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From: David Patriquin=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
There is a quite large stand of highbush below the Cambridge battery =
in Point Pleasant Park. Over many years those berries have survived into =
early February at least but this year they were cleaned out in late =
Oct/early Nov. Not one left so it wasn't people harvesting them.
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From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=20
Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:45 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
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=E2=80=99s area, either Bridgetown or =
near Keji=E2=80=99 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). =
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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
I came across a flock of ~ 25 cedar waxwings on a =E2=80=98spring =
walk=E2=80=99 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.
Donna Crossland
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<DIV>Hi David P. & All,</DIV>
<DIV> This change in feeding habit strongly suggest an =
unsual shortage of alternate feed or greater demand for feed (more =
birds).=20
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<DIV> I don't know how general this is but the =
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at the edge of our lot, normally loaded with hips, had very few this =
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<DIV>Yt, DW.</DIV>
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