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**Despite the inclement weather, Brian Coyle went out
to check his trail cameras to get some nice photos of a PALM WARBLER and a
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET as a value-added bonus. Note the 'extended' eye ring of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet as an ID clue. Suspect these new arrivals were not
particularly amused with the brief return ow winter conditions. Forecast predictions
for the next days will be welcomed by them and we humanoids!
**Kevin Renton reports the snow surely brought on a
swollen troupe of patrons to their Stilesville feeder yard along with some new
arrivals. Their EVENING GROSBEAK flock was back along with large group of
DARK-EYED JUNCOS. CHIPPING SPARROWS arrived and more SONG SPARROWS. A bonus was
a NORTHEN FLICKER to enjoy the suet feeder.
** A heads-up to highlight the Nature Moncton meeting
coming up on Tuesday night, April 20 at 7:00 PM with a virtual trip to Canada’s
newest National Park, Sable Island.
The write-up is attached, and anyone anywhere is welcome
to join in at the attacked link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87305712273?pwd=NWxMYUtMczVxNmVKdGZEQmk4MzMvQT09
Nature
Moncton April meeting
April 20,
2021 at 7:00 PM
Virtual
Meeting
Presenter:
Greg Stroud
“Sable
Island: Canada’s newest National Park”
Canada’s
newest National Park, Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia may be
difficult to arrange a visit to and chances are many of us may never get that
opportunity. That is about to change on April 20, 2021 when the Nature Moncton
April meeting will pay a virtual visit to this unique place guided by Greg
Stroud, a veteran to guiding naturalists.
Sable Island
is home to special members of Mother Nature’s wildlife community. Yes, the
special feral horses taken to Sable Island since the mid 1700’s are still present
and surviving this unique environment. Walrus are no longer present; however,
some seal species call it home, and sharks visit the area with seals in mind.
It is also the summer breeding ground of the Ipswich Sparrow, a subspecies of
the Savannah Sparrow.
Greg Stroud,
Operations Coordinator for Sable Island National Park Reserve, who lives on
Sable Island 6 months of the year and is intimately familiar with it, will be
our private guide to showcase this special place to us.
Greg is no
stranger to guiding naturalists. Greg has been a professional Nature guide for
various tour companies as well as worked at various positions at National Parks
across Canada. Greg is an avid birder and when not birding can be found
canoeing or kayaking in the backcountry or exploring on his mountain bike where
he lives in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia.
This not to
miss presentation will be virtual due to Covid 19 restrictions. The link for
anyone anywhere to join will be:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87305712273?pwd=NWxMYUtMczVxNmVKdGZEQmk4MzMvQT09
Nature Moncton
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