NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
April 10, 2025
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To
view the live feed of the Peregrine Falcon nest cam on the summit of Assumption
Place in Moncton, go to:
**Michael Cybulski was watching the female peregrine
falcon mantled over her eggs for some time on Wednesday when she suddenly
raised up to proudly show her 2 eggs and provide a screenshot. The second egg
was present early Wednesday morning.
Georges Brun has pointed out that the yellow cere (the
fleshy part at the base of the beak where the nostrils are) appears smoother in
the male, whereas the female appears to have some jagged edges that help to
differentiate the two when only one is in the box. When both are there, the
larger size of the female is obvious.
Georges also captured a screenshot similar to Michael’s.
**Anita and David Cannon walked around the Irishtown
Nature Park at 5 p.m. Wednesday evening.
Once again, the lake had perhaps 200 mergansers and ring-billed
gulls enjoying all the little fish in it.
David shares photos of common merganser, hooded merganser, and ring-billed gulls. They saw a very busy pileated woodpecker as they walked around the trail.
As they were leaving, they saw an osprey on its nest at the McEwan Airfield on
the west edge of the INP.
**Dale Pugh captured a pleasant video of a pair of dark-eyed
junco sharing lunch together, possibly with thoughts of spring on their mind.
Take a look at the action displaying their signature white side tail feathers
at the link below:
**David Lilly shares 2 excellent photos of a female
and male pine grosbeak from his bird photography collection.
**Brian Stone was in Fredericton on Wednesday morning, and afterwards, on the way home, he stopped in at the "turtle terminal" in Jemseg. He was not expecting to see any turtles this early, and since it was a bit colder than they like, and with snow just the day before and a bit that morning, he was pleasantly surprised when his searching turned up 19 painted turtles for his photography pleasure. They seemed normally active and slid off their logs as usual to hide in the water if Brian got a bit too close. Not much makes Brian happier than a good turtle photo shoot.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
