NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
October 11, 2025
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**John Inman photographed a duo of red-winged
blackbirds, a molting male northern cardinal, and a male
red-bellied woodpecker; hopefully, they will avoid the hawks monitoring his
yard.
**Bob Blake in Second North River is
another to have a white-breasted nuthatch appear at his feeder yard and it
is going to black oil sunflower seed.
From reports, one has to wonder if
the white-breasted nuthatch is becoming more commonly observed in the
southeastern area of New Brunswick?
**Jane LeBlanc had a juvenile
yellow-bellied sapsucker in her yard on Friday. It was a different
individual from last week to suggest there may have been a nest nearby.
**Nelson Poirier paid a visit to Hay
Island on Monday, October 6, to find many of the ponds dried up. Hopefully, precipitation on Wednesday created better foraging conditions for the remaining
shorebirds.
Some of the later migrating species
were observed, including red knot, dunlin, semipalmated plover, black-bellied
plover, and one semipalmated sandpiper.
Nelson took far too many photos of
groups of shorebirds, hoping to show comparisons in photos. That project did
not go well but Gilles Belliveau patiently helped out on a few. Advice on
any noted errors would be appreciated.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
