**Jamie
and Karen Burris caught the TIDAL BORE [Mascaret] as it was coming into
Hillsborough on Monday morning. There were several hundred GULLS [Goéland]
feeding as it flowed past them. Jamie comments it was a captivating sight to
see. They also noted a pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS [Canard pilet] on the pond
beside the train station. Note the bright blue bill on the male in Jamie’s photo
of the pair. Jamie also comments there were a dozen RING-NECKED DUCKS [Fuligule
à collier] at the Gray Brook Marsh pond last Friday.
**The
beautiful song of the SONG SPARROW [Bruant chanteur] is starting to be a very
common sound filling the spring air. Georges Brun came across two males loudly
singing near Château Moncton on Monday afternoon. One is a sharply-dressed
individual. The other seems to be having a bad hair day but the vocal cords were
working fine.
**Aldo
Dorio spotted a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS [Plectrophane des neiges] in the Hay
Island area on Monday. From the look of the amount of snow on the road into Hay
Island, they may be feeling right at home.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
ASSORTMENT OF GULLS. TIDAL BORE.HILLSBOROUGH.04.11.2016.JAMIE BURRIS
NORTHERN PINTAIL.APRIL 11,2016.JAMIE BURRIS
SNOW AT HAY ISLAND.APRIL 11, 2016.ALDO DORIO
SNOW BUNTINGS.APRIL 11, 2016.ALDO DORIO
SONG SPARROW APR 11 2016 GEORGES BRUN
SONG SPARROW APR 11 2016 GEORGES BRUN
