** Brian Stone took an interesting photo of a PINE SISKIN out his home window
perched on frost covered twigs. The conditions at the moment are right for frost
as the evenings cool down with the cooler air not able to hold as much moisture
and condenses on objects as frost.
Brian also photographed several common milkweed seeds with their attached
fluff. It points out Mother Nature's way of how this seed gets easily carried
about and why it was at times in the past used as pillow stuffing.
** John Hamer from Moncton is travelling in Montana at the moment and
shares an interesting photo he took of WILD TURKEYS crossing an urban street.
John says you know when you are in Montana when wild turkeys cross the street
and you've just passed on the road an EAGLE feasting on a WOLF hit by a vehicle.
** Many have mentioned a drop in bird numbers at bird feeders. To report on
my own feeder yard; REDPOLLS, PINE SISKINS, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH have dropped in
number but all are still attending. Other expected species that were attending
seem to be at about the same except HOUSE FINCH which are intermittent. They did
not seem impressed with the past hordes of REDPOLLS and PINE SISKINS. The
sparrow troupe of a dozen is consistent composed of nine AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS,
two SONG SPARROWS and one WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. It won't be long before we
start to see some early birds returning. Suspect they will be very appreciative
of feeder yards this year.
> Nelson Poirier,
> Nature Moncton
nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
>
MILKWEED (COMMON) SEEDS. MAR. 10, 2015. BRIAN STONE
PINE SISKIN ON FROST LADEN BRANCHES. MAR. 10, 2015. BRIAN STONE
WILD TURKEYS IN MONTANA.MARCH, 2015.JOHN HAMER
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