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Hi Dave and All,
I don=E2=80=99t have a good answer to your question. We don=E2=80=99t =
usually have many Cedar Waxwings here in winter. The study I referred to =
yesterday was done further south, in central New York state. =
Anecdotally, I lived for a number of years in a farming village in New =
Brunswick, and for the winters in which there was an irruption of =
Bohemian Waxwings, they would come to feed on the high bush cranberries.
John
=20
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David & Alison =
Webster
Sent: February-02-16 20:31
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
=20
Hi John & All, Fb 2, 2016
That is interesting. Perhaps I am reading too much into this but =
will Cedar Waxwings not tend to be more frequently present in =
residential areas, where highbush cranberry is rarely present, than =
elsewhere during winter ?=20
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John Kearney <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca> =20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
=20
Hi All,
A paper by Witmer in the journal Ecology in 2001 relates that Cedar =
Waxwings are one of the primary consumers of high bush cranberries in =
the late winter/early spring. The study indicated that high bush =
cranberries are a rich source of energy for the waxwings but were =
nitrogen deficient. Birds feeding only on these berries lost body mass. =
Waxwings that interrupted feeding on cranberries to feed on emerging =
male catkins maintained body weight. Bohemian Waxwings also eat high =
bush cranberry in winter/early spring. European studies show that they =
supplement this diet with high protein foods such as tree/flower buds, =
insects, and snails. The Witmer study noted that persistent fruits like =
high bush cranberry contain chemicals the promote persistence by =
antimicrobial activity that may reduce palatability and create =
=E2=80=9Ca physiological mandate=E2=80=9D for supplemental protein.
John
=20
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of =
rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca
Sent: February-02-16 08:08
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
=20
here on the South Shore Donna we have an apple=20
tree covered with frozen apples. Lately the Waxwings - Cedar -=20
and the Robins have been feasting on it.=20
Seems they like it best on a cold day.=20
I hope your cold is better soon.=20
Did you see any Ground Hogs today?=20
Paul=20
=20
On February 1, 2016 at 7:34 PM Donna Crossland <dcrossland@eastlink.ca> =
wrote:=20
I=E2=80=99ll have to think on the fruit side of things, Jim. There were =
some apple orchards not harvested this year... I don=E2=80=99t have much =
hawthorn (though every other prickly bush known to mankind seems to =
thrive here, including lots of the invasive multiflora rose!!), and no =
mountain ash. =20
=20
I noted that the Times & Transcript (Moncton paper, Jan 30th)) stated in =
=E2=80=9CThe birdman=E2=80=9D by Dwayne Biggar: =E2=80=9COur usual =
winter waxwing is the bohemian, but this winter there=E2=80=99s been =
large flocks of cedar reported and photographed. We often see a few =
cedars mixed in, but this year there are some good flocks in the Moncton =
and Riverview... or one flock that=E2=80=99s really getting =
around...=E2=80=9D
=20
On my way to the drug store today with a nasty cold, I noted a very =
large flock of waxwings sitting on the wires. I thought first they were =
starlings. I was too miserable to turn back and investigate the mix to =
make sure they were all cedar waxwings. Their high pitched breezy =
vocalizations penetrated my car as I drove by. Nice.
=20
Donna
=20
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca =
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford
Sent: February-01-16 5:46 PM
To: naturens
Subject: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers
=20
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?
=20
Cheers from JIm in Wolfville.
=20
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:
=20
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 =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.
=20
Donna Crossland
=20
=20
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class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Hi Dave and All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>I don=E2=80=99t have a good answer to your question. We don=E2=80=99t =
usually have many Cedar Waxwings here in winter. The study I referred to =
yesterday was done further south, in central New York state. =
=C2=A0Anecdotally, I lived for a number of years in a farming village in =
New Brunswick, and for the winters in which there was an irruption of =
Bohemian Waxwings, they would come to feed on the high bush =
cranberries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div =
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0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David & Alison Webster<br><b>Sent:</b> =
February-02-16 20:31<br><b>To:</b> =
naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] re high-bush =
cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Hi John =
& All, =
=
Fb 2, =
2016<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal> =
That is interesting. Perhaps I am reading too much into this but will =
Cedar Waxwings not tend to be =
more frequently present in residential areas, where =
highbush cranberry is rarely present, than elsewhere during winter =
? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Yt, Dave Webster, =
Kentville<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm =
4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:=
5.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- =
Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'background:#E4E4E4'><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span><=
/b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a =
href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca" =
title=3D"john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca">John Kearney</a> =
<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b=
><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" =
title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a> =
<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span><=
/b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> =
Tuesday, February 02, 2016 9:13 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><b><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</spa=
n></b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> =
RE: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>A paper by Witmer in the journal Ecology in 2001 relates that Cedar =
Waxwings are one of the primary consumers of high bush cranberries in =
the late winter/early spring. The study indicated that high bush =
cranberries are a rich source of energy for the waxwings but were =
nitrogen deficient. Birds feeding only on these berries lost body mass. =
Waxwings that interrupted feeding on cranberries to feed on emerging =
male catkins maintained body weight. Bohemian Waxwings also eat high =
bush cranberry in winter/early spring. European studies show that they =
supplement this diet with high protein foods such as tree/flower buds, =
insects, and snails. The Witmer study noted that persistent fruits like =
high bush cranberry contain chemicals the promote persistence by =
antimicrobial activity that may reduce palatability and create =
=E2=80=9Ca physiological mandate=E2=80=9D for supplemental =
protein.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca</a> [<a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu=
cto.ns.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a =
href=3D"mailto:rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca">rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca</a><b=
r><b>Sent:</b> February-02-16 08:08<br><b>To:</b> <a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b=
>Subject:</b> RE: [NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar =
waxwings and creepers<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>here on =
the South Shore Donna we have an apple <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>tree covered with frozen apples. Lately the Waxwings - =
Cedar - <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>and the Robins =
have been feasting on it. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Seems they like it best on a cold day. =
<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>I hope your cold is =
better soon. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Did you see =
any Ground Hogs today? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Paul <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm =
8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On February 1, 2016 at =
7:34 PM Donna Crossland <<a =
href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>> =
wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>I=E2=80=99ll have to think on the fruit side of things, Jim. =
There were some apple orchards not harvested this year... I =
don=E2=80=99t have much hawthorn (though every other prickly bush known =
to mankind seems to thrive here, including lots of the invasive =
multiflora rose!!), and no mountain ash. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>I noted that the Times & Transcript (Moncton paper, Jan =
30<sup>th</sup>)) stated in =E2=80=9CThe birdman=E2=80=9D by Dwayne =
Biggar: =E2=80=9C<em><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Our usual winter waxwing is =
the bohemian, but this winter there=E2=80=99s been large flocks of cedar =
reported and photographed. We often see a few cedars mixed =
in, but this year there are some good flocks in the Moncton and =
Riverview... or one flock that=E2=80=99s really getting =
around..</span></em>.=E2=80=9D</span><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>On my way to the drug store today with a nasty cold, I noted a very =
large flock of waxwings sitting on the wires. I thought first they =
were starlings. I was too miserable to turn back and investigate =
the mix to make sure they were all cedar waxwings. Their high =
pitched breezy vocalizations penetrated my car as I drove by. =
Nice.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Donna</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm;border-image: none'><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</strong><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.=
ca</a> [<a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebu=
cto.ns.ca</a>] <strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>On Behalf Of =
</span></strong>Jim Wolford<br><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></strong> =
February-01-16 5:46 PM<br><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To:</span></strong> =
naturens<br><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></strong> =
[NatureNS] re high-bush cranberries & cedar waxwings and =
creepers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>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?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Cheers from JIm in =
Wolfville.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>P.S. Since my earlier report of unidentified waxwings =
here (perhaps cedars?), no others have been reported lately (that I have =
heard about). <o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Begin =
forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From: =
</span></strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Donna Crossland <<a =
href=3D"mailto:dcrossland@eastlink.ca">dcrossland@eastlink.ca</a>></sp=
an><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Subject: [NatureNS] cedar =
waxwings and creepers</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: =
</span></strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>February 1, 2016 at =
3:05:17 PM AST</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>To: </span></strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span=
><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><strong><span =
style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Reply-To: =
</span></strong><span style=3D'font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><a =
href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></span=
><o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </spa=
n><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Donna =
Crossland</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p =
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