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**Adding
to this fall's import of flycatchers Joanne Savage and David Putt located a
Western Kingbird Saturday morning at Old Black River Road in Garnett
Settlement. As soon as word reached Jim Carroll, they dashed from Cambridge
Narrows to the sighting location. After a 45 minute search they located the
Western Kingbird hiding from them by turning it's back to them and blending
into a conifer. After remaining motionless for a period the flycatcher
commenced hawking insects in the late afternoon light for insects from
low perches alone and in the company of some American Robins. Jim got some nice
photos.
** Richard Blacquiere had another
surprise on Saturday morning at the Hampton lagoon when he spotted a RIVER OTTER [Loutre de
rivière] that was
swimming in the 3rd (largest) pond.
It seemed curious about his presence as otters are and swam close enough
for some photos. The ducks were a little
skittish, seeming to prefer to stay some distance from the otter, a
well-advised strategy since otters apparently have no particular hesitation
about adding fresh duck to their favourite fish cuisine. Note the huge tail rudder of the otter that
nicely shows it at work in one photo.
** John Inman has had 3 NORTHERN CARDINALS
[Cardinal rouge] arrive to
his 225 Mary’s Point feeder yard this week, hoping they can avoid the
monitoring raptors to leave a breeding pair for spring. John comments that in the past, he has often
had one Northern Cardinal overwinter with him and then have it leave come
breeding season. All very encouraging.
** Bev Schneider got some photos of the
Cattle Egret that has been buddying up to cattle at the Schuttens Farm
Holsteins in Maugerville, often observed from the road between civic # 1875 and
1841. Don Gibson first spotted this bird
on Nov. 11th. November as we
have seen is a great month for uncommon avian visitors to drop by New Brunswick.
** Bill Winsor captured a striking
crescent moon photo at 6:04 AM on Friday, Nov. 13th. It will soon be disappearing to give a new
moon which we will not see at all during the night. The sky was clear and the stars showing crisp
and clear as well at the time.
** Jane LeBlanc is yet another to have
a flock of EVENING
GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec errant] drop by
her St. Martins feeder yard.
** Daryl Doucet got two nice photos of
two RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS [Carouge à épaulettes] that visited his Moncton feeder on Saturday. One appears to be an immature moulting male,
while its friend appears to be an adult female.
** The Nature Moncton monthly meeting
is scheduled for this coming Tuesday night, November 17th, from 7:00
to 8:00 PM. Jonathan Cormier will give a
very recommended presentation on Coyotes in New Brunswick. This will be a virtual presentation, and it
is hoped that anyone from anywhere can tune in.
President Fred Richards has tried to smooth the road bumps encountered
with last month’s presentation and hopefully the attached information will let
anyone join who wishes. There seems to
be a lot of small hurdles to jump to make virtual presentations happen as
wanted and intended. So we’re hoping the
gremlins don’t interfere. The write-up
for the presentation is attached below as well as the site to join in.
The link for folks to tune in will be https://meet.google.com/qfi-pije-vgh
Nature
Moncton November Meeting
“The
Mysterious Coyote”
Date:
November 17, 2020
Time: 7:00
PM
Presenter:
Jonathan Cormier
One of the
most elusive members of our New Brunswick fauna is the Coyote. We may hear them more often than we get eye
contact. However, the Coyote is very
widespread throughout our woodlands and grasslands, even encroaching into our
urban areas. Join Jonathan Cormier,
wildlife biologist with the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, for
an evening of fascinating details about the life and times of these secretive
animals.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
