** Gilles Bourque had a very
rewarding day on Monday getting the TUFTED TITMOUSE at 67 Rue Desroches in
Bouctouche, the SNOWY OWL at the Caissie Cape wharf and the PINE WARBLER and
NORTHERN CARDINAL at Jean-Paul and Stella Leblanc's Bouctouche feeder yard.
There were also NORTHERN PINTAILS, GREEN WINGED TEAL and a BELTED KINGFISHER in
and around the Bouctouche lagoon.
The early bird does get the worm!
I could not go out until noon when it started snowing heavily and missed all the
goodies.
** Doreen Rossiter comments the
snowfall of Sunday surely brought her Alma bird feeder yard to life. Many
DARK-EYED JUNCOS and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS appeared and the female NORTHERN
CARDINAL that had first arrived in November had only been seen sporadically
until December 27 when it became a permanent resident since. BLACK CAPPED
CHICKADEE numbers seem exceptionally high with 12-15 around most of the time.
Doreen comments on December 26, before the snowfall, a dandelion was in very
full bloom on her lawn just like it was spring. That thought must have changed
quickly!
** Peggy Barnett has had a
NORTHERN FLICKER arrive to her Johnson Ave. feeder yard, near the city hospital.
It came to suet and peanut butter.
We had two earlier but have not
seen them in over a week.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
