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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com
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** Clarence Cormier leaves a report from his Grande-Digue site where the
supply of Mountain Ash berries is plentiful. CEDAR WAXWINGS
[Jaseur d'Amérique] have been around for over a month now, some days just a
handful and other days fifteen to twenty and on Wednesday a flock of
approximately thirty. AMERICAN ROBIN [Merle d'Amérique]
attendance has been similar, however a flock of seventy did arrive on
Wednesday.
Clarence has had a few new visitors. A MERLIN [Faucon émerillon] arrived on December 28th, staying near, as
did a NORTHERN SHRIKE [Pie-grièche grise] on December 29th. There is a
larger hawk terrorizing Mourning Doves. Clarence is not sure of its identity
yet, but it does seem intent on only targeting Mourning Doves. Clarence comments
that the Northern Shrike is acting very tame, letting him regularly go up to as
near as fifteen feet from it.
** Brian Stone got an excellent photo of a striking solar halo on
Wednesday, commenting that it may well be a precursor to the storm forecast for
later today.
Nelson
Poirier,
Nature
Moncton
SOLAR HALO ( 22 DEG. ). JAN. 03, 2018. BRIAN STONE
