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**The camera on the peregrine
falcon nest box on the summit of Assumption Place is now live. When
checking the link to watch the activity, scroll down to the first large image,
which shows what is happening in real time.
Hip hip hurray! That special day has arrived! The
peregrine falcon family is pleased to announce the arrival of the first egg to
officially start the 2026 nesting season. There was a bird on the nest at times
during the night, but it is suspected the egg arrived early Wednesday morning.
Maureen Girvan captured one of the first screenshots. Georges Brun had checked
at 6:00 AM with no egg seen to suggest Maureen’s photo may be the prize! Brian Stone captured a second screenshot at 8:34 AM of the couple in admiration!
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**On Sunday afternoon,
Doreen Rossiter had some interesting birds feeding in her Alma yard. She's
slowly cleaning out her freezer and donating leftovers for the crows and gulls.
However, both of the regular customers were beaten to it by some new
arrivals....seven turkey vultures. They stayed for about an hour, eating, not
carrying things away as the others do. This is a new bird for Doreen’s feeder
list. Also, the red-bellied woodpecker is still a regular visitor, and a fox sparrow
also put in an appearance on Sunday.
**Jane LeBlanc had a male
yellow-bellied sapsucker in her yard on Tuesday. The documentary photos were
not good enough to share. By her records, the bird is about 10 days earlier
than last year.
**Shannon Inman spotted a groundhog
out foraging in a field near their Harvey home on Tuesday.
At their home yard, John
Inman spotted a second female brown-headed cowbird, and a female red-winged blackbird
was enjoying suet. The purple finch appear to be getting
brighter as well.
No photo, but the resident
red-tailed hawk was sitting in a tree across the road, and noticed a male northern harrier hunting in the backyard. The hawk quickly flew in and ran it off the
property and headed back to hunt the field.
**Brian Stone sends a few
more photos from his "Kitchen Window" series. He was looking out the
window on Tuesday in the early afternoon when a pair of house finch flew in and perched on a pot of decorative branches just long enough for a
photo series to be taken. Later in the afternoon, two cedar waxwings
also flew in, luckily while Brian was looking out the window, and landed in the
big maple tree and began drinking the sweet sap that was still running out on a
few branches. A short outing to Mapleton Park that happened in between those
two window sightings produced only a photo of a male red-winged blackbird
and a newly active chipmunk.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
