Subject: [Tweeters] An observation about Salmonberries
Date: Feb 27 13:50:37 2009
From: Stewart Wechsler - ecostewart at quidnunc.net


I would guess that the highest placed flowers are getting the most sun and
are in the warmest spot. I believe that the earliest to bloom are typically
in the warmest microclimate.

Saw my first open Salmonberry blooms (several on one shrub) today at Lincoln
Park in Seattle including one so old that a petal was already on the
ground - or had I knocked it off? (it was my cue to look up and find the
open ones.) I failed to get a good look at the hummer I heard at about the
same time, and don't know if the Anna's clicks are about the same as Rufous
clicks. I did see an identified Anna's, but that isn't any news.

I do think I heard a Hutton's Vireo "dweep"ing there, but wasn't fully
confident and didn't see it.

-Stewart

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----- Original Message
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 8:35 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] An observation about Salmonberries

> My students have observed that the highest placed flowers are first
> Salmonberry flowers to open on 89% of Salmonberry bushes they checked. Not
> sure if this is due to hummingbird attraction but it would seem to fit the
> idea.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
> Snohomish County
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