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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Louise Nichols got a video of a group of WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS [Bec-croisé bifascié] feeding in the very abundant tree-top café near his Aulac home. They
were not vocalizing at the time, as they often are, but check out the action at
the attached link.
** Clarence Cormier
had a flock of 12 AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle d'Amérique] arrive at his Grande-Digue site on Monday, and many of them landed on
the roof! To his surprise, they were thirsty and drinking from the cool water
from the melting ice on his roof. Others remained perched nearby, in the
MOUNTAIN ASH trees, still laden with berries. Eleven BLUE
JAYS [Geai bleu] also arrived
Monday, to enjoy Black-oil Sunflower seed.
** Jamie and Karen Burris got some excellent still
photos of a SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK [Épervier brun] that has their
Riverview feeder yard as a territory. The photos do show the more laterally
flattened legs of the Sharp-Shinned Hawk versus the COOPER'S HAWK [Épervier de Cooper] and the continuous dark of the crown extending down the nape to create
a hooded look versus the Coopers Hawk’s dark-capped crown, along with the lack
of roundness to the tail tip and relatively muted white apex. It would be
assumed this is a female Sharp-Shinned Hawk as a MOURNING DOVE [Tourterelle triste] would be a large prey for a smaller male. They also found the remains
of a ROCK PIGEON
[Pigeon biset] in their feeder yard which again would be large
prey for even a female Sharp-Shinned Hawk.
Jamie got a video of a Sharp-Shinned Hawk consuming its prey, which can
be viewed at the attached site. Raptors
have to eat as well, and they waste nothing.
** Many of us have wondered where the DARK-EYED JUNCOS [Junco ardoisé] and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
[Sittelle à poitrine rousse] are this year, yet
some feeder areas seem to have them in good numbers. Kevin Renton reports that,
at their Stilesville feeder yard, the Dark-Eyed Junco numbers have jumped from
10 to 25 on Monday. Also the increased
activity got the attention of a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
SHARP SHINNED HAWK. JAN 26 2020. JAMIE BURRIS
SHARP SHINNED HAWK. JAN 26 2020. KAREN BURRIS
SHARP SHINNED HAWK WITH MOURNING DOVE PREY. JAN 26, 2020. JAMIE BURRIS
AMERICAN ROBIN JAN 27, 2020 CLARENCE CORMIER
