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** Yvette Richard got night photos of
the Harvest Moon at 10:09 PM on Friday evening to show Mars just showing on the
upper side of the moon, with another photo at 6:47 AM on Saturday morning with
Mars showing below the moon. Yes, our
earth does rotate as Yvette's 8 hour time difference photos nicely shows.
** Nice to start hearing feeder
reports. Gordon Rattray activated some
feeders in his Weldon yard with some visitors on Saturday to include PURPLE FINCH [Roselin
pourpré], AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
[Chardonneret jaune], a number
of SONG
SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur], RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
[Sittelle à poitrine rousse] , lots of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES
[Mésange à tête noire], 4 MOURNING DOVES
[Tourterelle triste] and 6 BLUE JAYS [Geai bleu] who were gobbling most of his
offerings. Gordon also got a nice photo
of a SMOOTH LEPIOTA MUSHROOM growing in his yard, one many are seeing at the
moment, and one participants of the mushroom workshop today will become
familiar with.
** Jane LeBlanc got a photo of a fall version
plumage of what appears to be a CAPE MAY WARBLER [Paruline tigrée]
showing a severe beak deformity. One would wonder how it has managed to forage
as it appears normal otherwise. Jane
also got two views of a fall version YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER [Paruline à
croupion jaune] that we
needed Gilles Belliveau’s confirmation on.
Some fall warblers do indeed present challenges, especially in photos,
for some of us.
** Pat Gibbs watched a DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT and an EEL duke it out at Centennial Park on Saturday. Neither was
about to yield and the contest went on for a full 5 minutes before the Eel made
its escape.
** Sterling Marsh had a NORTHERN PAPER
WASP perch on his window pane to allow for an underside portrait. If it not be
a mated colony Queen, it may soon be off for 'wasp heaven'.
** Aldo Dorio photographed a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
[Sittelle à poitrine rousse] in its
frequent upside-down stance on Saturday.
He also photographed a SAVANNAH SPARROW [Bruant des prés] that would appear to have a lot of yellow in the
facial area, but shows the variability of this field mark, and as Gilles points
out, he has noted some Savannah Sparrows with even more facial yellow, a point
to bear in mind.
** Brian Stone visited his favourite
milkweed patches on the Gorge Rd/Trans Canada Highway exit area on Saturday to
note a colony of APHIDS [Pucerons] working the stem of a plant. Some scaly-phased CHANTERELLE MUSHROOMS were
popping up, and the MILKWEED pods had opened up for the wind to disseminate the
seeds on the easily wind borne attached strands as a NORTHERN FLICKER [Pic
flamboyant] looked on.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
