**We have lots of BOBCATS in NB but yet a species not often seen by
humans due to their secretive lifestyle. Julie Pellerin was surprised to spot a
bobcat cross the Cape Brûlé Rd. near her home with a small mammal prey in its
mouth. A neighbour had startled a bobcat checking out a garbage can earlier in
the season, so it may be the same one in the area.
Julie comments warbler migration seems to be well underway.
She spotted five different species in one tree recently. Seeing lots of
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, one PINE WARBLER, BLACK AND WHITE WARBLERS and AMERICAN
REDSTARTS. On SHOREBIRDS she is seeing the regularly expected ones at the
moment. Julie recently checked the Pointe du Chene area TERN raft platform
erected by the Shediac Bay Watershed Group. There are only a few
young-of-the-year birds still on the platform showing downy feathers with many
fledged birds on nearby sandbars.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
