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** Gordon Rattray got a great photo of a BROWN CREEPER [Grimpereau brun]
in his Weldon yard on Sunday. It shows the plumage and posture of this special
bird, using its tail as a prop and exploring the rough bark crevices of a tree,
where lots of insects could hide out and its curved bill could extract
them.
** Brian Coyle continues to get lots of action from his trail camera with
COYOTES [Coyote]. Check Brian’s photos at the at attached link and note the cars
going past in the background.
** Marguerite Winsor had an interesting RING-NECKED PHEASANT [Faisan de
Colchide] scenario on Friday. One of their group of pheasants, a female, flew up
into a tree to get a feed of sunflower chips. She must have suspected that booty
was stashed in the small house feeder.
** Fred and Lynn Dubé made a birding round of Albert County, across
Caledonia Mountain to Riverside-Albert, Mary’s Point and back home, on Sunday.
There were not a lot of birds about, perhaps due to the weather but they did see
birds around feeders. They saw a nice assortment at John Inman’s on Mary’s Point
Road, including a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre roux], 3 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
[Quiscale rouilleux] and 25-30 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS [Bruant hudsonien]. John
told them that a probable GYRFALCON [Faucon gerfaut] was around but they did not
see it.
** It was a pleasant surprise to have a male NORTHERN FLICKER [Pic
flamboyant] arrive at my peanut feeder on Sunday and feed for some time. It’s
great to have a chance to see birds like this up close and note the massive beak
and striking plumage, even though it did not flash that brilliant yellow
undercarriage for the camera.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BROWN CREEPER. JANUARY 7, 2018. GORDON RATTRAY
NORTHERN FLICKER. JAN 7, 2018.NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN FLICKER. JAN 7, 2018.NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN FLICKER. JAN 7, 2018.NELSON POIRIER
RING-NECKED PHEASANT (FEMALE). JAN 5, 2018.MARGUERITE WINSOR
