NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, March
7, 2020 (Sunday)
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Transcript by: Louise Nichols nicholsl@eastlink.ca
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Yvette Richard submits a photo of
two male COMMON
GOLDENEYE [Garrot à oeil d'or]. She rather wonders if these are maybe
first-winter males that are starting to take on mature plumage with facial
white marks not completely rounded and brown in the crown and neck
plumage. It could be a difficult call
without knowing exact molting times.
** Jane LeBlanc photographed one of
their BALD
EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] pair on a clear cold Saturday morning as it went
over them low and slow over the St. Martins beach. Its mate was waiting for it on their
favourite roost tree. Jane’s female NORTHERN CARDINAL
[Cardinal rouge] also posed
for a portrait.
** Grant Ramsay and Magna Kuhn spotted a male COMMON MERGANSER [Grand Harle] diving in the only open water spot for
miles under the old 100+-year-old main river bridge over the Richibucto River on
Saturday. They comment on how much they
enjoyed the ideas shared on the virtual feeder tour this past Tuesday evening
as many others did. They want to share
that, after lots of trials, they found one suet blend that seemed to be a real
hit with their bird patrons. They got it
at Canadian Tire, commenting that it is clean and easy to work with. The package photo is attached.
**Georges Brun photographed a BALD
EAGLE taking prey he was unable to be sure of on the Riverview Marsh on Saturday.
Georges’ photos really show the variability of the immature Bald Eagle plumage. There were plenty of RING-NECKED PHEASANTS in the
area the last week or so and the friendly crows were hanging around to harass
the eagle it in order to have their snack.
** Geoff and Peggy Barnett looked out
in their fenced-in backyard in the middle of the City of Moncton near the
Moncton City Hospital to find a WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de
Virginie] in their
backyard. The Department of Natural
Resources came to evaluate the situation to find broken legs and the deer had
to be dispatched. It surely was in the
middle of the city for a White-tailed Deer to venture.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
