I'd say the same thing. We have several areas around Blaine and in the
lower mainland in which Acer Macrophyllum is mixed in with other hard and
softwoods. The bigger trees really hold a lot of birds and other stuff as
well, plus fish underneath them when they hang over a stream. I just took
a dead (window strike) ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER into the local Raptor Re-hab
facility, one of many that had been feeding in and around a big Maple tree
near Ladner, B.C.

Jack Kintner Blaine, WA kintner at nas.com

At 10:58 AM 4/22/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Larry and OBOLinks,
>
>Your observation of migrating warblers concentrating in maples echoes
>my observations of many years. I have found that the best place to
>look for migrating warblers-- and often vireos and flycatchers as
>well-- around Vancouver, BC is often in native bigleaf maples (Acer
>macrophyllum) that are in full bloom. For some reason, bigleaf maple
>flowers seem to be absolutely lousy with insects. I am no
>entomologist, but I would be interested in knowing what species of
>insects, and in what numbers, are typically found in bigleaf maple
>flowers. If nobody has done such a study, it would be a worthwhile one
>to do.
>
>Other species of maples, including several cultivated species that are
>grown in parks and gardens, also seem to attract lots of warblers, but
>none seems to have quite the magnetic attraction of the bigleaf maple.
>
>Does anyone else have similar (or contrary) observations?
>
>Wayne C. Weber
>Kamloops, BC
>contpos at home.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Larry McQueen <larmcqueen at QWEST.NET>
>To: Multiple recipients of list OBOL <OBOL at BOBO.NWS.ORST.EDU>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 12:40 PM
>Subject: Eugene,river trail
>
>
> < snip >
> >
> > The maples were full of YELLOW-RUMPED and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS,
>all
> > feeding at the blossoms, and singing. I've always suspected that
>they
> > get nectar, but maybe insects at the blossoms. Both Myrtle and
> > Audubon's were numerous.
> >
> < snip >
> >
> > Larry McQueen
> > Eugene
> > --
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