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** Debbie Batog was very pleased to see the return of two male
PURPLE FINCH [] to her McKees Mills feeder yard, the first for her for the
season. They are in their spring breeding finery, and it’s great to hear of
their return to her yard.
** Jane LeBlanc sends a photo of an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW [Bruant
hudsonien]. However, Jane comments it is the first one that she has seen this
season, but they saw several while they were out biking in the St. Martins area
on Friday. There probably were just as many around this year, but in many areas
they did not rely on bird feeder yards for feeding, as in Jane’s case.
Jane also sends a photo of a caterpillar she spotted on March 21
which needed consultation with Jim Edsall. Jim suspects it to be the
overwintering larval caterpillar of the VIRGIN TIGER MOTH. We are much more
accustomed to seeing the WOOLLY BEAR at this time of year but Jim points out
many of the Tiger Moths can/do overwinter as the larval caterpillar.
** Gordon Rattray and I made a pilgrimage to the Minudie area of
Nova Scotia, to seek an audience with the NORTHERN HAWK OWL [Chouette épervière],
which will possibly be filing flight plans northwards soon. It took a wait to
locate it, at approximately 3 p.m. when it started to survey its territory for
lunch. Garry Dupuis was very helpful, in pointing out some of its favourite
sites where he had seen it before, and also he was able to get an audio of its
vocalizations earlier, which was surprisingly long, to suggest that it may be a
male. When it appeared, it moved about and, as many have reported, paid little
if any heed to human presence and we were able to get nice observations, but
not as close as others have reported, as it hunted farther down in a field. Gordon
got some great photos.
Three CANADA JAYS [Mésangeai du Canada] were travelling together
in the area and let us watch them for a time. They were foraging near the
foundation of a house and it appeared that they were taking a grub or worm of
some type.
It was very interesting to go farther down the coast and look
across the water to New Brunswick, noting Owl Head, Fundy National Park,
Rockport, Grindstone Island and more.
Nature Moncton
NORTHERN HAWK OWL. MAR 21, 2020. GORDON RATTRAY
NORTHERN HAWK OWL 9(HOVERING). MAR 21, 2020. GORDON RATTRAY
CANADA JAY. MAR 21, 2020. GORDON RATTRAY
CANADA JAY. MAR 21, 2020. GORDON RATTRAY
VIRGIN TIGER MOTH CATERPILLAR (SUSPECTED). MAR. 21, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
PURPLE FINCH (MALE). MARCH 21, 2020. DEBBIE BATOG
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. MAR. 21, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
NORTHERN HAWK OWL. MARCH 21, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN HAWK OWL. MARCH 21, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN HAWK OWL. MARCH 21, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN HAWK OWL. MARCH 21, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
