** Dale Gaskin spotted 7 CHIMNEY
SWIFTS [Martinet ramoneur] flying high foraging in the sky above the
first Irving outlet you come to in Hillsborough. This is the most Dale has seen
in that area, having heard them periodically before. Dale comments on always
seeming to hear them before seeing them.
** Donat Robichaud on Russellville Rd. Hill north of Miramichi has had a DOWNY
WOODPECKER [Pic mineur] that arrives almost daily to their hummingbird
feeders since mid May. It comes to 2 different feeders. Donat got a few
documentary photos.
** Eric Wilson had nice observations of a pair of
BLUE-HEADED
VIREOS [Viréo à tête bleue] on Monday evening in Centennial Park, inside
the strip of trees between the fenced-in dog park and St George Blvd. This
would be just west of the parking lot and entrance to the Rotary Lodge there;
very potentially a nesting pair.
** Gilles Cormier comments for the past 10 years he has had a couple of
pairs of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS
[Merlebleu de l’Est] at his cottage in Breau Village. They usually
returned in April. Last year April 10. This year he did not see one until May
30, and that was in the Pre d’en Haut area. He feels numbers are down in the
areas where he travels.
** Clarence Cormier comments on activity around his Grand-Gigue site. New
arrivals in the past week have been BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER [Paruline à gorge orangée] and MAGNOLIA
WARBLER [Paruline à tête cendrée], BLUE-HEADED
VIREO [Viréo à tête bleue], and a suspected PHILADELPHIA
VIREO [Viréo de Philadelphie]. Clarence got photos of the Philadelphia
Vireo that hopefully will allow a definitive identification. He has a resident
WILSON’S
SNIPE [Bécassine de Wilson] now making winnowing flight so suspect it has
territory there, and a recently blooming APPLE [pommier] tree is beyond magnet
for CEDAR
WAXWINGS [Jaseur d’Amérique] foraging on the petals.
** Bob Blake keeps daily records of morning low temperatures, daily highs,
and precipitation records from his Second North River home and compares May 2014
to May 2015. Bob’s records show May 2015 as a significantly warmer month that
May last year:
May 2014 he recorded 8 mornings of 0 deg C or lower with the lowest morning
of -4 deg C.
May 2015 he recorded 3 mornings of 0 deg C or lower with the lowest morning
of -4 deg C.
May 2014 7 days were recorded with highs between 25 to 30 deg C.
May 2015 10 days were recorded with highs between 25 to 35 deg C.
May 2014 Rainfall was 26 mm
May 2015 Rainfall was 43 mm
** Aldo Dorio shares more photos from Hay Island Nature Park near Neguac of
a EURASIAN
WIGEON [Canard siffleur] male, singing CHESTNUT-SIDED
WARBLER [Paruline à flancs marron], the resident FOX [renard] with prey,
and a vocalizing NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD [Moqueur polyglotte].
Nature Moncton
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.MAY 31,2015.ALDO DORIO
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (MALE).MAY 29,2015.ALDO DORIO
DOWNY WOODPECKER TO HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER,MAY 18, 2015..DONAT ROBICHAUD
DOWNY WOODPECKER TO HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER,MAY 18, 2015..DONAT ROBICHAUD
EURASIAN WIGEON (MALE) IN CENTER.JUNE 1,2015.ALDO DORIO
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD.JUNE 1,2015.ALDO DORIO
RED FOX WITH PREY.JUNE 1,2015.ALDO DORIO
