NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, November
1, 2020 (Friday)
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Transcript by: Louise Nichols nicholsl@eastlink.ca
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**
Paula Landsdale in Alma is having some special patrons. Paula had a male NORTHERN CARDINAL
[Cardinal rouge] feed all
day on October 16th, and a female Northern Cardinal do the same on
October 22nd. She also had a
female Northern Cardinal present and stay the last few days. She feels confident it’s a different female
from before as it has much more brownish tones and the beak more peachy
coloured. This makes a good possibility
of 3 different Northern Cardinals in her area.
The other visitors were a flock of 15 EVENING GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec
errant]. The number of reports of Evening Grosbeaks
from different locations is encouraging for the possibility of an Evening
Grosbeak presence this winter. Whether
the pleasant Northern Cardinal reports are significant enough to mean a stay is
to be seen, as we always seem to get a significant number show up about this
time of year, but they don’t necessarily stay with us. So here’s hoping!
** Doreen Rossiter in Alma also had a
great day and spent an hour just sitting with binoculars and watching. Over 30 minutes, she tallied 13 species that
included one FOX
SPARROW [Bruant fauve], one
immature WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW [Bruant à couronne blanche], COMMON GRACKLE [Quiscale bronzé], 4 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS [Carouge à épaulettes] (two males and two females), and lots
of SONG
SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur]. However, the prize of the day was a RUSTY BLACKBIRD [Quiscale
rouilleux], a
species she has not had in her yard in years.
** Another great EVENING GROSBEAK
[Gros-bec errant] and NORTHERN CARDINAL
[Cardinal rouge] report is
from Jean Renton at their Canaan Forks camp.
She had a flock of 10 to 12 Evening Grosbeaks visit their Canaan Forks
camp feeder yard on Saturday, and a female Northern Cardinal is still returning
for the past several days. Jean is also
enjoying two WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH [Sittelle à poitrine blanche] as well as the expected RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
[Sittelle à poitrine rousse].
** Nice to hear more AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS
[Bruant hudsonien] arriving
to join us from their northern breeding grounds. Clarence Cormier had two American Tree
Sparrows come to his Grande-Digue feeder yard on Saturday and got some
documentary photos. According to
Clarence’s journal, this is the earliest date (October 31st) that he
has had first arrivals. The earliest prior
to this year was November 2nd, 2012.
** Aldo Dorio is still noting BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS
[Pluvier argenté] in their
basic plumage at Hay Island, even noting some ice in the background. It may soon be a species we will not see
until next spring when they pass through to breeding grounds to the north of
us. Aldo also got a photo of a CANADA JAY [Mésangeai du
Canada] and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
[Épervier brun] checking
things out. Note the hooded look to the
head with no gray nape as a Cooper’s Hawk should have to give that species a
capped look instead, especially as the adult which Aldo’s photo is. In the commentary on Black-bellied Plovers
and the Sharp-shinned Hawk above, “suspected” is used as the photos are
significantly suggestive, but a margin of error due to photo angle has to be
considered.
** Bob Blake keeps weather statistics
from his Second North River home. Bob
shares a comparison chart with October of 2019 to October of 2020. It looks like we had a warmer October this
year with less precipitation, but it was good to get the rainfall we did to
help out the dry summer. Bob’s chart is
included below as he sent it.
Weather
stats for Oct.
|
2019 |
2020 |
||
|
morning
temperatures |
daily highs and
rainfall |
morning
temperatures |
daily highs and
rainfall |
|
+14-1 day +12-1 +11-1 +10-1 +9-4 +8-1 +7-6 +6-1 +5-1 +4-4 +3-1 +2-4 +1-2 0-1 -1-1 -3-1 |
Hi +17 29 days 10° an over 178 mms. rain |
+15-1 +13-1 +12-1 +11-4 +10-1 +9-3 +8-3 +7-1 +6-2 +5-1 +4-1 +3-1 +2-3 +1-1 0-1 -1-1 -2-3 -4-2 |
Hi 22 21-1 20-2 19-1 11 days 15 or higher 7 days 10 or higher 115 mms. rain |
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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