** It’s great to hear of PINE GROSBEAKS [Durbec des sapins] showing up.
Marlene Hickman saw a flock of 6 feeding on mountain-ash berries in a tree near
her Dorchester home. There were 4 females and 2 adult males. It’s nice to hear
of the gender proportion. We had good numbers of Pine Grosbeaks last winter but
very few adult males among them.
** Gabriel Gallant seems to have cornered the SNOW BUNTING [Bruant des
neiges] market in his Saint-Antoine feeder yard, with a flock of 90+ that have
been regular patrons for two weeks. They are taking black oil sunflower seed
spread on the snow. Gabriel, like many others, wonders where the redpolls are
that were tallied moving south. Where have they gone? He did see a flock of a
few dozen feeding on birch catkins near his home in December and heard a flock
flying over, but there have been none at his feeder area yet. These are comments
frequently heard so far this winter.
** Georges Brun also found a group of several SNOW BUNTINGS [Bruant des
neiges], foraging in grasses along the Petitcodiac River by Chateau Moncton on
Saturday.
** The January Nature Moncton meeting will be the annual Members Night,
this year scheduled on Tuesday night, January 19th, at Mapleton Rotary Lodge,
across from Cabela's. Nature Moncton is a very diverse group with many
interests, and this is the time to share some of those interests in short 5 to
15 minute vignettes that can be on any subject in nature, to humourous skits,
interesting places visited, poems, good books read and lots more. Leave your
name and subject with past president John Foster by phone at 384-7212 or email
John at fosterjs@nb.sympatico.ca Contact John as soon as possible so he can
plan the itinerary for that evening.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
SNOW BUNTINGS JAN 16 2016 GEORGES BRUN (1)
SNOW BUNTING JAN 16 2016 GEORGES BRUN
SNOW BUNTINGS.JAN 16, 2016..GABRIEL GALLANT
SNOW BUNTINGS.JAN 16, 2016..GABRIEL GALLANT
