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October 30, 2025
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**Deana Gadd
alerted Peter, her husband, that there was a male bufflehead in
Flett Cove, Nelson (near Miramichi), just offshore from their daughter’s
property. Although at some distance across the cove, Peter was able to get a photo of the bufflehead, which was keeping close company with a resting male
hooded merganser. The pair drifted together, apparently dozing, out into
the Miramichi River and joined 9 other hooded mergansers that were busy
feeding. Probably quite rare to see these species chumming about
together.
(Editor’s
note: It is pleasant to start getting photographs of our northern breeding
waterfowl arriving in New Brunswick for their winter vacation. No doubt this
lone early arrival was very appreciative to find a flock of waterfowl its own
size.)
**Flying
squirrels are busy working the nocturnal night shift to enjoy the menu at
Nelson Poirier’s feeders, especially the peanut butter, to get the leftovers
after the hordes of diurnal blue jays are still present. They don’t seem to mind
being watched by Barkley, the tree ornament just above the feeder.
(Editor’s note: It may be interesting to note after Lucas Greville’s presentation that bats are only mammals capable of sustained flight, whereas our New Brunswick animal we refer to as '
"flying" are actually gliding and doing so
extremely effectively.)
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
