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Tuesday 13 October 2020

Oct 13 2020

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, Oct. 13, 2020 (Monday)

 

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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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RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (FEMALE). OCT 9. 2020. JOHN INMAN


BALTIMORE ORIOLE. OCT 9. 2020. JOHN INMAN

COOPER'S HAWK-suspected (JUVENILE). OCT 9. 2020. JOHN INMAN

HOUSE FINCH. OCT 9. 2020. JOHN INMAN

HERMIT THRUSH. OCT 11, 2020. ALDO DORIO

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (JUVENILE). OCT 11, 2020.  ALDO DORIO

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (JUVENILE). OCT 11, 2020.  ALDO DORIO

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. OCT. 10, 2020. JANE LeBLANC

BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. OCT. 10, 2020. JANE LeBLANC

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. OCT. 11, 2020..  BRIAN STONE

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. OCT. 11, 2020..  BRIAN STONE

 

WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. OCT 12, 2020. ALDO DORIO