NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, December
27, 2020 (Sunday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Susan and Fred Richards spotted a
duo of RUFFED
GROUSE [Gélinotte huppée] in a tree
near their Taylor village home. They
have heard drumming, but never actually saw them until Saturday when they flew
from the ground into a tree.
** Roger Leblanc reports that the
Moncton Christmas Bird Count tally is still trickling in. Paul Minnaar sends a photo of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK [Autour
des palombes] he got on
Dec. 16th to make it into count week – and also a few EVENING GROSBEAKS
[Gros-bec errant] seeming to
be discussing New Year’s Eve plans. Note
the very broad white supercilium in Paul’s photo of the Northern Goshawk, a
signature field mark for this species.
** Andy Stultz in Bonshaw, PEI had the
same thing occur as Brian Stone reported yesterday when bringing a Balsam
Christmas tree into the warm home environment to have it send up these
beautiful green cones to make for some unique natural ornaments. It is normal for Balsam Fir cones to grow
upwards whereas spruce cones hang down.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
