NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, March
28, 2021 (Sunday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Is it possibly time to think
“warblers” already? Doreen Rossiter had a PALM WARBLER [Paruline à couronne rousse] arrive to
her deck in Alma on Saturday, which is the earliest record that she has of a suspected spring migrant warbler to her yard. Doreen also had a male HOUSE FINCH [Roselin familier] and
a female NORTHERN CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge] arrive on March 25th.
They arrived together, fed together, and left together, and have not been seen
since.
** Marco Vachon comments that after
several days of warm weather birds seem to have disappeared from feeders but
with the snow and windy conditions on Saturday they were all back. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK [Épervier brun] was
attracted to all the action but left an hour later with an empty stomach. Marco
was able to capture some nice photos.
** Debbie Batog reports that the Little
Bouctouche River at McKee’s Mills has opened up. Debbie points out that this is
very early as normally that river opens up in mid-April. It would appear that
this could be an indicator that many other rivers may open up early this year.
** Like many others I have been noting
the number of COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin flammé] decreasing in the past week,
however they returned with a vengeance on Saturday. Every finch feeder was
covered to capacity. There were 100 plus in attendance. There probably was a
Hoary Redpoll present with that number but good luck trying to isolate one.
** The Marine Animal Response Society
has made contact with Nature Moncton. They operate the only toll-free incident
number for the Maritimes, offering communities access to expert advice on dead
or distressed marine animals. Their telephone number is 1-866-567-6277
and it is an excellent idea to put that number in your contact list on your
cell phone so it is ready if needed. The complete message that they have sent
is at the attached Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xk4dab9vdpywprb/Marine%20Animal%20Response%20Society%20Letter.docx?dl=0
** The New Brunswick Environmental
Network provided the lineup for the month of April of events scheduled.
Clicking on any of them gives the details and I would suggest some to
investigate are:
April 07: Invasive species in New
Brunswick
April 13: a New Brunswick wildlife
webinar on Biodiversity in New Brunswick
April 20: A Nature Moncton webinar on
Sable Island. Clicking on it gives the write-up and the link to join.
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Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
