**A very big thank you to Tony Diamond for coming to Nature Moncton
on Tuesday evening to share his findings on the changing life and times in the
Bay of Fundy for seabirds, especially PUFFINS, ARCTIC TERNS, RAZORBILL AUKS and
COMMON MURRES and the adaptations that they are making to changing temperature
conditions in the Bay of Fundy. Tony very effectively described how it's a
complex food chain that has some species holding on by using some different diet
changes over the past 15 years as the nutritious Atlantic Herring seem to be
moving deeper in the water column, still assessable to some species and not to
others. A fascinating presentation to a packed house.
** It would seem late for SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS to
still be in New Brunswick. Aldo Dorio got a photo of one still at Hay Island
Park Tuesday. The NB annotated list does state they can be here to mid
November.
Aldo also got a photo of a LAPLAND LONGSPUR at the same site.
There should be a few traveling with the arriving SNOW BUNTINGS but few have
been reported yet.
Aldo also got an interesting photo of a BOHEMIAN WAXWING to
note the wing marking of this waxwing.
** There have been some reports of SNOWY OWLS showing up in NB
and one in the Moncton area in Dieppe. So definitely something to keep an eye
out for.
** Louise Richard points out a URL in David Suzuki's Facebook
page that has some very encouraging news about MONARCH butterflies. It
definitely is worth reading the attached URL that Louise has
shared.
“Great news: Monarch
butterflies are making a comeback! The number overwintering in alpine Mexican
forests is likely to be considerably higher this year -- maybe even quadruple
last year's population! Read more: http://ow.ly/UHTwj”
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BOHEMIAN WAXWING.NOV 17, 2015.ALDO DORIO
LAPLAND LONGSPUR.NOV 17, 2015.ALDO DORIO
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (WINTER PLUMAGE)NOV 17, 2015.ALDO DORIO
