NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
April 24,
2024
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Peregrine Falcon nest box camera can be accessed at https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Norbert Dupuis
visited the Tantramar High Marsh Road on Sunday evening to capture a nice flight
photo of a male Northern Harrier as well as an immature and adult Bald
Eagle surveying their territory.
** Cathy Simon recently enjoyed a litter-free
walk on the Moncton Riverfront trail and spotted her first Tree Swallow
of the season sitting on top of one of Nature Moncton's nest boxes. Hopefully,
this swallow decides to move into the box for the nesting season.
** Ed and Jane LeBlanc took a drive to Jemseg Tuesday to see what
they could see. There were several Osprey on nests. They also had a
Red Fox run across in front of their car proudly carrying its ‘big Mac’ of
the day. A documentary photo is attached, as it did not slow down for a photo.
Even though the sun was shining, the
wind was cold, so the only two Painted Turtles they saw were walking
across the road. One walked right towards Jane, so she did manage a close-up
photo of its beautiful colours.
**Bob Blake has had
a Merlin that seems to be becoming a regular patron checking out his
birdfeeders. It boldly sat in the middle of the feeders for 15 minutes on
Tuesday waiting for prey to come to it!
**
Brian Stone sends some photos taken on Monday and Tuesday from a couple
of outings in sunny but windy and cold conditions.
Tree
Swallows were present at a Lower Coverdale lagoon in large numbers and some were
caught in flight as was a group of Ring-necked Ducks. At the Salisbury
lagoons, a pair of Eastern Bluebirds were seen at a great distance but
were a pleasant first-of-year sighting for Brian.
Along some
back roads 2 Hermit Thrush, 2 Yellow-rumped Warblers, a couple of
Eastern Phoebes, and 2 male Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers posed for
the camera. A Pied-billed Grebe showed up at Salisbury's Highland Park to
finish that day.
At Fundy
National Park, the back end of an active Palm Warbler was photographed
trying to escape its moment of fame, along with a Common Loon out on a
lake, and some Trout Lily leaves were popping up in several locations.
Back at home, Brian photographed the amorous activities of the Ring-necked
Pheasants in his backyard as the male did his best to present a display
that would interest his female companion.
**The
recorded links of the 2 presentations given at the April Nature Moncton
meeting are available below.
The first
link is to Denis Doucet’s appreciated presentation on dragon/damselflies which
was the main presentation.
In the
second link, Brian Stone describes some of the phenomena we witnessed with the
solar eclipse that the majority of us will never see again.
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