** Marlene Hickman in Dorchester is yet another to report a flock of
visiting EVENING GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec errant] in recent days, with a flock of 12
now being regular patrons in her feeder yard.
** There is lots of clinging fruit for birds that are fruit connoisseurs,
but there seem to be few of the regular takers. In his yard, Brian Stone has a
male RING-NECKED PHEASANT [Faisan de Colchide] that jumps up into a flowering
crab tree to partake of the fruit.
Brian also spotted a hawk on a utility wire in the midst of Sunday
afternoon’s heavy traffic near the Trinity Power Centre [in Moncton]. Some
distant photos suggest an immature RED-TAILED HAWK [Buse à queue rousse].
AMERICAN CROWS [Corneille d'Amérique] were harassing it.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
RING NECKED PHEASANT 01. DEC. 28, 2014. BRIAN STONE
