** Elaine Gallant reports that she had a female NORTHERN
FLICKER [Pic flamboyant] arrive at her Parlee Beach feeder yard on Monday
with a male Northern Flicker having visited the day before. Elaine’s
Red-bellied Woodpecker continues to be a regular. A nice line up of winter
woodpeckers along with the expected regulars.
** Louise Nichols spotted a RUFFED
GROUSE [Gélinotte huppée] foraging on catkins of a Birch tree at her
Sackville yard on Monday morning. There were 3 of them doing the same later in
the day. To update on the female BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER [Pic à dos noir] that has been seen coming to a snag in their
backyard, Louise saw it on the mornings of Feb 11, 14, 16 - each time staying
for approximately 1 hour. She had not seen it since Feb 16, until it put in
another appearance on Wednesday afternoon.
** Rosaire Richard comments his Cocagne feeder yard has had a
very lively weekend predominately Redpolls and Siskins COMMON
REDPOLL [Sizerin flammé] at 80+ and PINE
SISKINS [Tarin des pins] at 110+. The male NORTHERN
CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge] that arrived in November continues to be a
regular patron.
** An interesting slant to the chatter yesterday on the amount
of the red brown in the pelage of the GRAY
SQUIRREL [Ecureuil gris], Georges Brun comments that he had a Gray
Squirrel resident in his small urban forest forest until late fall with a lot of
red colour in his pelage however, later in the season, the colour had become
much more gray. Fodder for thought that. David Christie points out that in
Banfield’s book Mammals of Canada, it points out this normal variation for the
Grey Squirrel It does take on a thicker winter pelage.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
Nature Moncton
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. LOUISE NICHOLS. FEB. 14, 2014
GRAY SQUIRREL OCT 31 2014 GEORGES BRUN
GRAY SQUIRREL OCT 31 2014 GEORGES BRUN
RUFFED GROUSE. LOUISE NICHOLS. FEB. 14, 2014
