NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, October
21, 2020 (Wednesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Mac Wilmot hit the jackpot when he
arrived home in the late afternoon on Tuesday to spot a strange bird to him
perched on the clothes line. It sure was. Mac got great photos of a
SULPHUR-BELLIED FLYCATCHER [Tyran tigré], a rare vagrant drop by to New
Brunswick. Mac lives at 1091 Hillsborough Rd., 4.7Km from the Gunningsville
Bridge travelling east towards Fundy National Park. Visitors are welcome and
the bird is still present on Wednesday. It was feeding on Virginia Creeper berries but
Mac says that the plant is nearly cleaned of fruit. I believe there has only
been 2 previous confirmed records of this species in New Brunswick.
To top that off Mac had his first NORTHERN
CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge] visit. It was a male. We sometimes get a bit of a
fall flush of cardinals in the area. I wonder if this is the start. In past
years they usually moved on, but someday they are going to stay. The Sussex and
Saint John area can’t have them all! Mac’s brother who happens to live next
door to him had a dozen EASTERN BLUEBIRDS [Merlebleu de l'Est] arrive to chow
down on Virginia Creeper berries and he was so awestruck that he forgot to get
photos.
** Stella and Jean-Paul Leblanc were in
the Cap Lumiére area on Tuesday. They saw 30 GRAY SEALS [Phoque gris]
approximately 1 Km north of the wharf and were able to get some distant photos.
They would all appear to be Gray Seals, some very clearly showing the signature
“horse head” appearance. A group that size would suggest a significant food
source in the area of some species of fish present in numbers to attract them.
Stella and Jean-Paul comment that they could hear them vocalizing from the
shore.
** Aldo Dorio is still enjoying the HORNED
LARK [Alouette hausse-col] continued presence at Hay Island with one offering a
pleasant portrait.
** All thanks to John Klymco for
sharing a great presentation on dragonflies and damselflies virtually on
Tuesday evening to Nature Moncton. Unfortunately many folks had problems
getting on board with the learning curve for the new system which will be worked
on to get some bumps smoothed down. If the presentation can in any way be
placed on the website, or with a link for later consumption, stay tuned.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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