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Editor: Nelson Poirier    Proofreader: Louise Nichols

Thursday 21 November 2019

Nov 21 2019


NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, November 21, 2019 (Thursday)

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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)


** Louise Nichols took a run around parts of the Anderson Marsh Rd. on the Tantramar Marsh on Wednesday. It was drizzle and fog conditions but Louise did see 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS [Buse pattue] ]. Note the Rough-legged Hawk perching on very small branches for the size of the bird. This seems to be a common behaviour of the Rough-legged Hawk compared to the Red-tailed Hawk whose larger talons don’t cling to small branches very effectively. Louise also saw 8 Bald Eagles along the High Marsh Road … that seems like a significant number to see in just a portion of the huge marshland. One would wonder what the forage attraction is.

** Lynda LeClerc had 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO [Junco ardoisé] come to her Moncton feeder yard 3 days ago, but on Wednesday 6 arrived which is a bit of a surprise with no snow covering wild food sources. In my own yard the minor onslaught of DARK-EYED JUNCOS [Junco ardoisé], a SWAMP SPARROW [Bruant des marais], and AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS [Bruant hudsonien] has dropped to an occasional drop by since the snow has disappeared. Lynda also had her first visit from a raptor on Wednesday, but bushes and a short visit prevented a firm identification.

** After Alyre Chiasson’s fish presentation on Tuesday night Brian Stone searched back through some old photos to show Annette catching PUMPKINSEED fish in a lake in southern Quebec in 2011. This member of the Sunfish family is mainly distributed in New Brunswick in the western portion of the province and in the south Charlotte County to the Sussex area. This colourful fish is small, in the 12 to 17 cm. range.


Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton





ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK  NOV. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK  NOV. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS

BALD EAGLE. NOV. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS

PUMPKINSEED. AUG. 10, 2011.. BRIAN STONE

PUMPKINSEED (FEMALE). AUG. 10, 2011.. BRIAN STONE

PUMPKINSEED (MALE). AUG. 10, 2011.. BRIAN STONE