NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, March
14, 2021 (Sunday)
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Transcript by: Louise Nichols nicholsl@eastlink.ca
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** As recently commented, GROUNDHOGS [Marmotte
commune] are
venturing out on the snow, seemingly early but expected. Brian Coyle photographed one near the
Anderson Rd. on the Tantramar Marsh on Saturday. Brian also noted AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle
d'Amérique] were out
at that spot as well.
** AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle
d'Amérique] surely are
spreading out. Dale Gaskin noted some in
the Weldon Creek area on Saturday. Dale
is also still enjoying his regular dozen EVENING GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec
errant] with lots
of expected woodpeckers and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES [Sittelle à poitrine rousse].
** Dave Christie also reports noting
approximately 60 AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle d'Amérique] feeding in the marsh across from the still frozen
over Lars Larson marsh on Friday, and also noted his yard pair of MOURNING DOVES
[Tourterelle triste] mating.
** Phil Riebel recently got an
excellent photo of a juvenile SHARP-SHINNED HAWK [Épervier brun] perched on a utility wire near his Miramichi
home. This hawk is undoubtedly having a
great winter with the abundance of COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin flammé] with us at the moment. Note the vertical streaking on the breast of
the immature bird, and the yellow eye vs. the red eye of the fully adult
bird. The tail apex is quite squared
compared to the Cooper’s Hawk and also without a prominent white border. The legs are also noticeably less robust.
** Jane LeBlanc got a nice photo of a
male DARK-EYED
JUNCO [Junco ardoisé] in its
grey business suit that Jane comments has been a rare visitor this winter but
has been in her yard on and off the past week.
Jane also got a photo of the resident BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête
blanche] nest at
St. Martins, and it would seem the pair were acting very similar to what Gordon
Rattray and I noted at the River View Cemetery nest site on Friday.
** More reminders Monday and Tuesday’s
edition about Nature Moncton meeting on this coming Tuesday night with Dr. Jack
Terhune on seals at link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87668849964?pwd=K05mdVg1L0pQNjdJVjVLNTJkWDZoZz09
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
