NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 24 April 2021 (Saturday)
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**Jane
LeBlanc got some spectacular photos of the wave activity around St Martin’s
caves in Friday’s winds. That rocky shoreline must get terrific forces against
it.
*Dale
Gaskin reports that he had an EASTERN PHOEBE [Moucherolle phébi] fly-catching
under the roof eaves of his Dawson Settlement home during snow flurries on
Friday, seeming like it was getting well fed, and not too concerned about the
cold. The Eastern Phoebe is normally our first flycatcher to arrive. Dale also
mentions he is seeing TURKEY VULTURES [Urubu à tête rouge] fly over quite
regularly.
**Andrew
Darcy visited the Arthur Street Lagoons in Memramcook on Tuesday to be very
rewarded. He got 12 species of waterfowl in the one pond which was very
impressive. Andrew saw first of year NORTHERN SHOVELER, NORTHERN PINTAIL,LESSER SCAUP, RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON MERGANSER, GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, GADWALL, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD, AMERICAN WIGEON and the star of
the show a male EURASIAN WIGEON. He also saw a sub-adult BALD EAGLE harassing
the gulls in the far pond, as well as his first of year TREE SWALLOW. On the
way home he saw a pair of AMERICAN KESTREL roadside.
What
a great day and very pleasant photographs as a memory of a good day.
**Atilla Fust was at the right place at the right time on Thursday morning to watch 2 RIVER OTTERS at the shoreline edge of the Bouctouche River aside his home. One had captured an eel and enjoying it under the watchful eye of a Bald Eagle. The animal on the right of the photo has the eel.
**Louise Richard spotted their first Tree Swallow of the season in the Jones Lake area on Saturday morning to get a documentary photo, very apt to be the first of many more to arrive there.
**Fred
Dube photographed one of the early-appearing moths that seem very tolerant of cold.
It is the HOARY PINION MOTH (Lithophane
fagina) and is in the cutworm or dart moth group. We have several others of
the same genus in New Brunswick that resemble each other in general
profile/shape.
**Bob
and Sharon Blake report they have a trio of sparrow species in their Second
North River yard, to include WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS [Bruant à gorge blanche],
DARK-EYED JUNCOS [Junco ardoisé], and CHIPPING SPARROWS [Bruant familier].
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