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**John Inman shares some
photos he has had drop by his 222 Mary’s Point Road yard over the weekend to
include HOUSE
FINCH [Roselin familier], BALTIMORE ORIOLE [Oriole de Baltimore], female
Red-Bellied Woodpecker [ pic à ventre rouge],plus 60 plus COMMON GRACKLE [Quiscale bronzé] showed
up for a fuel up on their migration. It
is surprising to see a House Finch in a rural area, they seem so strict on very
urban environments. John also sends a
photo of a raptor that is suspected to be a COOPER'S HAWK [Épervier de Cooper]
also checking out the activity. Gilles
Belliveau comments the legs and toes do look thick, the streaking on the chest
are elongated teardrops getting thinner in the belly, the bill seems large,
especially when one compares to the side of the eye. Photos of Cooper’s Hawks can be challenging
especially on one photo.
**Jane
LeBlanc comments that she saw a flock of shorebirds over the St. Martin’s beach
flying at high speed with a tailwind so, no identification however she did get
some photos of juvenile BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER [Pluvier argenté] at low tide in a
more sheltered area. One photo, shows two birds with what appears to be a
smaller bird near the camera. Gilles Belliveau
comments an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER [Pluvier bronzé] cannot be ruled out for
sure, looking smaller, with thinner legs, and appears to have a smaller bill
but the angle of the photos makes it difficult to confirm either way, so we’ll
go with Black Bellied Plover, out of default.
**Aldo
Dorio continues to see juvenile BLACK-BELLID PLOVERS at Hay Island. A HERMIT THRUSH [Grive solitaire] also posed
for a photo. The sparrow photo would
appear to be a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW [Bruant à gorge blanche] with a dark
shadow across the face that is deceiving.
**Brian
Stone checked out the newly created beaver dam and pond just off Gorge
Road. It is very much in place and an
immature DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT [Cormoran à aigrettes] was checking it out. It’s probably a little early to build up
enough fish to attract a cormorant but it may have stopped over to check for a
fuel up on migration.
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