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** On
Monday, despite the wind, Jim Carroll encountered a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW [Bruant des plaines] at Black
Beach in Saint John. There may have been a second one, as there was a pale bird
following the Clay-colored Sparrow, although they could not confirm it; the two
birds were in a hurry to distance themselves from them. The Clay-colored
Sparrow is a nice sparrow to get in New Brunswick - they do pop up, but not
that often.
One can
make a nice study of the facial features of this sparrow from Jim’s photos
noting the malar stripe, moustachial stripe, submoustachial stripe, ear patch,
supercillium, and grey nape patch.
** Brian
Coyle has had a very interesting scenerio with a sow BLACK BEAR [Ours noir] and three cubs with his trail camera. He first saw
a fresh bear scat near a large rock the day he deployed a trail camera at the
rock. This fresh scat made him suspect there was at least one Black Bear
feeding on the ripe Chokecherries nearby. One week later, on August the 29th,
he swapped out the SD card and saw the videos when he got home. He was blown
away by the sheer number of them (bears) and also the quality of the images
from the camera. Because he could see a spider web had developed on the lens
through watching the videos and was tripping the camera at the slightest of
breezes, he decided to go back the next day, on Sunday, to clear the spider
web. As he cautiously approached the camera, he could clearly see a lot of
destruction that was not there the day before, to a lot of Chokecherry bushes.
They were pulled over and snapped off, at nearly three inches in diameter, all
around him. At about 50 feet from the camera, he heard some breaking of
branches, and he started whistling a tune, and talking out loud, so that mother
bear would spirit her cubs away and not surprise her. He cautiously closed in
with the camera only to discover that it needed batteries replaced. He did so,
with a little apprehension. Once he was done, he gave her a wide berth and
carried on to his next camera. Take a look at the action in the links below to
several videos that show the mother bear, 3 cubs and a visiting RED FOX [Renard roux]. Some
excellent video as most are in daylight.
Brian has
also had an assembly of NORTHERN FLICKERS [Pic flamboyant] going
between two dead snag trees on his Lower Mountain Rd. yard to make for some
interesting interaction to watch. All very entertaining! The big attraction appeared
to be ANTS that have taken over the snag
trees. A YELLOW WARBLER
[Paruline jaune] joined them.
** Louise
Nichols reports a few notes about birds on their Aulac property. Because the
water level in their yard pond is low, the mud around the edges of the pond has
been attracting SPOTTED SANDPIPERS [Chevalier grivelé] and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS [Chevalier solitaire] more
often this year. On Monday morning there were 3 Solitary Sandpipers foraging in
the mud around the pond. (So, not so solitary!) Louise has also been noticing a
lot of PALM WARBLERS
[Paruline à couronne rousse]. They nest in the bog on their property, and it
would seem the nesting was very successful this year. Each time she goes out
she sees as many as half a dozen Palm Warblers in the woods close to the bog,
most of them young-of-the-year.
** Jane
LeBlanc was attracted to a perched BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] having lunch by a group of noisy CROWS [Corneille d'Amérique]. It
appears to be potentially a shorebird as prey, which one would think would be
very difficult for an eagle to get unless the shorebird was injured. Jane also
got a photo of a smartly-stepping juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Jane comments she
is seeing about half of the sandpipers in the St. Martin's harbour that she was
seeing last week but a chap reported seeing approximately 200 peeps around West
Quaco.
** The
buildup of RED KNOTS [Bécasseau maubèche] at Hay
Island is very notable. Aldo Dorio tallied 10 Red Knots present there on
Monday. That's quite a number to see in one spot in New Brunswick. Aldo also
photographed a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER [Pluvier argenté] still with breeding plumage remnants,
and a juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. AUGUST 31,2020. JIM CARROLL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. AUGUST 31,2020. JIM CARROLL
PALM WARBLER. AUG. 29, 2020. LOUISE NICHOLS
PALM WARBLER. AUG. 29, 2020. LOUISE NICHOLS
YELLOW WARBLER. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
YELLOW WARBLER. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
BALD EAGLE AND PREY. AUG. 31, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
NORTHERN FLICKER GROUP. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
NORTHERN FLICKER GROUP. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
NORTHERN FLICKER. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
NORTHERN FLICKER. AUG 31, 2020. BRIAN COYLE
RED KNOT. AUG 32, 2020. ALDO DORIO
RED KNOTS. AUG 32, 2020. ALDO DORIO
SOLITARY SANDPIPER. AUG. 31, 2020. LOUISE NICHOLS
SOLITARY SANDPIPER. AUG. 31, 2020. LOUISE NICHOLS
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (JUVENILE). AUG 32, 2020. ALDO DORIO
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (JUVENILE). AUG. 31, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
