NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, Nov.
23, 2020 (Monday)
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** Louise Nichols took a drive along the High Marsh
Road on the Tantramar on Sunday stopping once in a while to scan with a
scope. She came up with 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK [Buse
pattue] and 1 NORTHERN HARRIER [Busard
Saint-Martin] and 4
soaring Hawks at a distance that were too distant for her to identify, and 2 BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à
tête blanche] (perhaps a
pair as they were on the same hydro pole next to a nest). No photos as nothing was close. It was a beautiful calm day to be out there
on Sunday which does not happen very often. It is starting to look good for the
Tantramar Marsh raptor community.
**Yolande Leblanc in Memramcook has gotten all
feeders back up for 3 days and a great response. Three NORTHERN CARDINAL
[Cardinal rouge] have
appeared that were sporadic at first but a pair arrived late afternoon on
Sunday and seemed to be getting comfortable around the feeders. Yolande finds they tend to come in early
morning and near dusk. Yolande also has 28+ EVENING GROSBEAK [Gros-bec
errant] as well as a PINE WARBLER [Paruline des pins] and a SONG SPARROW [Bruant chanteur] in the mix. A great bird feeding start!
**Brian Coyle. after clattering across an old rock
pile Sunday afternoon in a field across from his Upper Mountain Road home,
was greeted by a WEASEL that popped out of the rocks and was quite curious
about him. It posed for some great photos to show off its pure white winter pelage
ready for the snow to arrive for that perfect camouflage. It does not show in
the photos, but the tail tip would be black.
** John Inman had 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS join his patrons
at his 225 Mary’s Point Road (Harvey) feeder yard on Sunday. The head pattern distinctive
with rusty crown and prominent pale supercilium suggest them both to be female.
As mentioned before, the significant number of Rusty Blackbirds appearing at
feeder yards already is hopefully an optimistic sign for this species that has
been decreasing in number.
**Verica LeBlanc
stopped at the Miramichi Marsh yesterday. They had seen MUSKRAT in the past but
always in the water. This time as the ponds were frozen they were lucky
to see it a little ways ahead of us on the trail enjoying a fresh green snack
and get photographed. Note the powerful vertical rudder tail of the Muskrat.
I’m sure those of us in the northeastern part of
New Brunswick will never tire of Northern Cardinal photos at the moment.
**Jane Leblanc has 3 in her St. Martin’s yard, an
all-time record for her. There were 2
females and 1 male. Note the blooming
Witch Hazel shrub they seem to favour perching in. The Witch Hazel is expected to be in bloom
this time of year, a real exception in the plant world.
**Evening Grosbeaks, both male, showed up for Susan
Richards on Sunday morning at her Taylor Village yard to start the day off
brightly. Susan has 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
[Sittelle à poitrine rousse] very much
enjoying suet blend and a nice variety of the expected regulars. Susan got a nice photo of a handsome posing
male Evening Grosbeak.
**Debbie Batog, like many others, is commenting on
the high number of BLUE JAY [Geai bleu] at feeders at the moment. A significant portion of the Blue Jay portion
do migrate southerly, so the number may well diminish somewhat as winter comes
on.
**Kevin Renton reports their Stilesville feeder
yard getting very active as it often does.
They have 12 PINE GROSBEAK [Durbec des sapins] Evening Grosbeaks and a swelling number of
regulars; also RING-NECKED PHEASANT [Faisan de
Colchide]
have returned.
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