NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, Nov.
2, 2020 (Monday)
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**Great to hear reports of PINE GROSBEAK [Durbec des
sapins] on Saturday. Dave
Christie saw 3 in the bushes around his house at Mary’s Point and on Sunday saw
2 Pine Grosbeaks feeding in some trees on Water Street in
Riverside-Albert. Dave comments both
Saturday’s and Sunday’s Pine Grosbeaks appear to be female but could have been
this year’s young as they did not seem as extensively coloured as an adult
female would normally be. Dave also
comments Sunday was an extremely windy day around his Mary’s Point home. He went to the beach and not a bird in sight
and could barely stand up himself.
**Phil Riebel and Pam Watters had an
interesting sighting Sunday while doing yard work at their Miramichi home. A WEASEL suddenly appeared and now
is showing significant white
pelage as it changes colour before the winter.
It had just caught a small rodent in their window well. You can see the blood on its fur and specks
of dirt on its whiskers. It may be a
cute little guy but when it comes to prey, it’s all business!
**Bill and Marguerite Winsor visited the Tucker
Street Ducks Unlimited impoundment in Riverview on Sunday. Bill got a photo of a LESSER YELLOWLEGS [Petit
Chevalier] that as it strode
across an icy surface. Suspect it is
wondering if it should have filed flight plans for south a bit earlier! It seems to be getting late for Lesser Yellow
Legs.
**Jane LeBlanc is continuing to enjoy a
pair of NORTHERN
CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge] that
seem to be visiting her St. Martin’s feeder yard about twice a week hoping that
they will stay with her for the winter.
Jane also photographed a black bird that gave us a challenge. Gilles Belliveau points out it is indeed a COMMON GRACKLE [Quiscale
bronzé] but the angle of the
head in the photo made the beak look larger and also not showing the slanted
forehead well.
**Verica LeBlanc visited Hay Island in
Neguac on Thursday and saw some nice variety present to include SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
[Pluvier semipalmé], AMERICAN ROBIN [Merle
d'Amérique, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER
[Pluvier argenté], GREATER YELLOWLEGS [Grand
Chevalier], HORNED LARK [Alouette
hausse-col] and a very bright
adult WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW [Bruant à gorge blanche]. Hay Island has had a nice
diversity of visitors this fall and has been put on the map with the daily
visits from Aldo Dorio.
On Sunday Aldo photographed DUNLIN [Bécasseau
variable], a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
[Bécasseau à croupion blanc]
and SANDERLING
[Bécasseau sanderling]. These are all species that tend to stay with
us into late season.
**Louise Richard came across a cluster of
one of the Inky Cap [Champignon
bonnet d'encre] species of mushrooms under leaves she was raking up
Sunday. It appeared to be of the Mica Cap
species turning to ink stage which is filled with black spores.
**Krista Doyle got a nice photo of Common
Milkweed [Asclépiade commune] seeds attached to their wisps of hairy fibers
ready for the first wind to send them to a new location.
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