NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
November 6, 2024
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**Tuesday’s rainy day did not stop special visitors from
dropping in to check out John Inman’s Harvey bird feeder yard.
John was able to photograph a Northern Parula warbler
as well as the pleasant surprise of a Dickcissel. A Baltimore Oriole
enjoyed the suet block.
(Editor's note: the breeding range of the Dickcissel covers the slightly eastern mid-sector of the US and is a rare migrant to eastern coastal areas where they appear at winter birdfeeders and are always welcome patrons when they choose New Brunswick.)
John’s photo of the Rusty Blackbird that dropped in on Monday was missed in yesterday’s photo lineup so is attached
today.
**After a five-month absence, Norbert Dupuis was able
to capture beautiful photos of the Northern Cardinal pair that he had
been enjoying all last winter coming to his Memramcook feeders. They
obviously did not forget the menu Norbert had laid out.
**On a rainy, misty, damp, and dim Tuesday Brian
Stone drove out to Baie Verte to meet with the rare immature Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher that has been showing for bird lovers over the last few days.
After a short wait, the damp but active flycatcher appeared, posed in the dim
light, and alternated resting on wires with chasing insects to live up to its
name. On his way home Brian stopped in at Aulac and watched the still-present Western
Kingbird also catching bugs at the same location it has been at for the
last four days.
(Editor's note: the normal breeding range of the Scissor-tailed flycatcher is in the lower middle third of the US while the Western Kingbird's breeding range is the western half of the US making both far from home visitors to New Brunswick.)
While looking at the kingbird, Brian noticed a Red-tailed Hawk
perched in a distant tree seeming a bit uncomfortable in the light rain.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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