December 15 2014

Monday morning, December 15, 2014

**  The LONG-BILLED CURLEW [Courlis à long bec] continued to be present in Cape Tormentine on Sunday. It’s now been present for possibly three weeks and has been appreciated by many. many visitors.

**  Ralph White had a surprise visitor to his 134 Torwood Court yard in Riverview on Sunday, when a beautiful adult male BALTIMORE ORIOLE [Oriole de Baltimore] arrived. Its visit was short as of Sunday.

**  Jules Cormier reports that he now has 3 COMMON GRACKLES [Quiscale bronzé], SONG SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur], a WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH [Sittelle à poitrine blanche] and one PINE WARBLER [Paruline des pins], along with expected regulars coming to his Memramcook feeder yard.

**  A few of us cruised the High Marsh Road and area on the Tantramar Marsh late Sunday afternoon. The only raptors spotted on the marsh were one adult BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] and one subadult. Its plumage surprised us, however some guides suggested it to be a third-year subadult, with the dark band on the whitening face. Some distant photos are attached of it feeding on top of a utility pole.

Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton