Nature Moncton Nature News: November 23 2024

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

November 23, 2024

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**Norbert Dupuis had two very pleasant visitors to his Memramcook feeder yard on Friday.

A Pine Warbler dropped by to enjoy the suet feeder, and a colourful Fox Sparrow chose to feed on the ground.

(Editor’s note: we tend to see the Fox Sparrow and the White-crowned sparrow only during spring and fall migration on their way to and from their breeding grounds to the north of us.)

**John Inman captured some nice photos of a Cooper's Hawk going around the base of the Forsythia shrub, hoping to flush a meal.

(Editor’s note: note the round tail tip in one photo and the heavyset legs to suggest Cooper’s Hawk over the similar Sharp-shinned Hawk. The fine thin breast striping also indicates a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk.)

**After noting one person’s method of keeping Blue Jays at bay in yesterday’s edition, Mac Wilmot shares a video to show his method of letting smaller birds get their share ahead of the Blue Jays! Check out the video link below to see it at work:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ujrozawcq8dat8q1tyxpb/PXL_20241111_192427834.mp4?rlkey=3hgz1obend2cbgdc4gdx6bcjg&st=sp7nto6i&dl=0

**David Lilly comments he has tried many bird feeders at his Oromocto birdfeeder yard and has found the best are Brome bird feeders, finding they are very effective at keeping squirrels at bay.

These feeders are sold by a Québec based company, and their lineup can be perused at the link below:

https://bromebirdcare.ca

**On Friday afternoon, Brian Stone was in Riverview shopping and decided to drive past the Cattle Egret location in Upper Coverdale despite the gloomy weather, and he found the bird resting beside the road behind the white church on the corner of Turtle Creek Rd. It was by itself, and no geese that it usually hangs around with were in the area.