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CiB0cmVlcywgZXRjLiB0aGF0IHJlZCBzcXVpcnJlbHMgdGVuZ --00000000000054bacc0578378c4c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Fred, quick question: is the spread of black walnuts in Ontario due to human plantings or something else? Thanks Dave in Halifax On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 12:25 AM Frederick W. Schueler, <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > On 12/10/2018 4:32 PM, David Hughes wrote: > > We were in Middleton visiting last weekend and went for a walk that > > covered most of the town. There were grey squirrels everywhere we went > > with a few black variants. This is a huge change in just a few years. > > * this is similar to what we've seen in eastern Ontario over the past 40 > years - Gray Squirrels (most of ours are black) used to be restricted to > cities and Oak woods along the St Lawrence, but with the spread of bird > feeders, Oaks, and especially Black Walnuts, they're now ubiquitous. > > fred. > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > > > My mother still occasionally sees a chipmunk in the corner of her yard. > > > > So far, we haven=E2=80=99t seen any grey squirrels in our area of Sackv= ille. > > Lots of reds and sometimes a chipmunk. That seems likely to change soon= . > > > > David > > Lower Sackville > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Oct 12, 2018, at 4:19 PM, Donald <Mundobirder@hotmail.com > > <mailto:Mundobirder@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> I saw my first outside The Valley in the woods beside 417 Hammonds > >> Plains Road, Bedford on August 19th. I=E2=80=99ve been meaning to post= that > >> since then. Thanks for the reminder Nancy. > >> > >> Also saw a turkey Vulture off the 118 Hwy about 2 km south of the Fall > >> River Exit on September 10th and another Vulture which I believe to be > >> a Black Vulture on the Sunday of the Labor Day weekend at the Lake > >> Echo/Porters Lake sign on Hwy. 7. The Black Vulture was less than 100= =E2=80=99 > >> away so I=E2=80=99m quite sure of the ID. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Donald > >> > >> On Oct 12, 2018, at 2:59 PM, David Simpson <david.sonsimp@gmail.com > >> <mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> I've seen them in Hantsport (2012) and Curry's Corner (2018). I expect > >> they'll become a more common sight. > >> > >> /Dave in Halifax/ > >> / > >> / > >> David Simpson > >> (902) 580 8007 > >> david.sonsimp@gmail.com <mailto:david.sonsimp@gmail.com> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:09 AM nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com > >> <mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> A person just reported a Grey Squirrel at a feeder here in E > >> Dalhousie, Kings Co. First time she=E2=80=99s ever seen one. I hav= e > >> certainly never noticed one in this area either. > >> > >> Nancy D > >> E Dalhousie, Kings Co. > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. 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Thanks<div dir=3D"auto"= ><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Dave in Halifax</div></div><br><div class=3D"g= mail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Oct 13, 2018, 12:25 AM Frederick W. Sc= hueler, <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrot= e:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo= rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 12/10/2018 4:32 PM, David Hug= hes wrote:<br> > We were in Middleton visiting last weekend and went for a walk that <b= r> > covered most of the town. There were grey squirrels everywhere we went= <br> > with a few black variants.=C2=A0 This is a huge change in just a few y= ears.<br> <br> * this is similar to what we've seen in eastern Ontario over the past 4= 0 <br> years - Gray Squirrels (most of ours are black) used to be restricted to <b= r> cities and Oak woods along the St Lawrence, but with the spread of bird <br= > feeders, Oaks, and especially Black Walnuts, they're now ubiquitous.<br= > <br> fred.<br> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<br> > <br> > My mother still occasionally sees a chipmunk in the corner of her yard= .<br> > <br> > So far, we haven=E2=80=99t seen any grey squirrels in our area of Sack= ville. <br> > Lots of reds and sometimes a chipmunk. That seems likely to change soo= n.<br> > <br> > David<br> > Lower Sackville<br> > <br> > Sent from my iPad<br> > <br> > On Oct 12, 2018, at 4:19 PM, Donald <<a href=3D"mailto:Mundobirder@= hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">Mundobirder@hotmail.com</= a> <br> > <mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:Mundobirder@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank= " rel=3D"noreferrer">Mundobirder@hotmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br> > <br> >> I saw my first outside The Valley in the woods beside 417 Hammonds= <br> >> Plains Road, Bedford on August 19th. I=E2=80=99ve been meaning to = post that <br> >> since then. Thanks for th