** One of the earlier Flycatchers to rejoin us is the EASTERN PHOEBE
[Moucherolle phébi]. Brian Coyle had one drop by his Lower Mountain Rd. yard on
Monday. Brian also comments on an active COMMON RAVEN'S [Grand Corbeau] nest in
a tall spruce tree just behind his home. Egg incubation has been going on for
about a week now, with some dramatic behavioral changes. The male will go in hot
pursuit of any interlopers with a particular alarm call, however he is very
silent around the nest when all is to his satisfaction.
** David Christie as well has had an EASTERN PHOEBE [Moucherolle phébi]
appear around the Mary's Point Interpretive Center, and the house across the
road from it, on Monday. He'd also seen one with the Nature New Brunswick group
at Snider Mountain on Saturday.
He saw his first NORTHERN FLICKER [Pic flamboyant] at Fundy National Park,
and around his Mary's Point home, on Saturday and Sunday. David had scrap meat
bones out for his dog in his yard. On Monday evening a TURKEY
VULTURE [Urubu à tête rouge] circled the bones, coming down to three to four
feet above them with obvious interest.
David comments on how pleasant it is to see the CROCUS
flowers appearing in his yard area. At his feeder area David comments
that SONG SPARROW'S [Bruant chanteur] are the most dominant species
present, followed by PINE SISKINS [Tarin des pins],
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH [Chardonneret jaune], and PURPLE FINCH [Roselin pourpré]
numbers are increasing to approximately ten.
** John Filliter comments on the jousting and shadow boxing going on with
the RING-NECKED PHEASANTS [Faisan de Colchide] around his Cap Brule home. They
look very serious. Maybe they should go over to Grande Digue to visit Clarence
Cormier where there appears to be only one male and an abundance of females.
** The SONG SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur] are arriving for the season. Their
arrival seems well under way and now it is time to start their territorial
singing. Brian Stone had a Song Sparrow arrive to his Moncton yard in full
chorus on Monday, even with the cool temperatures of the day.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
RING-NECKED PHEASANT COCKS JOUSTING.APRIL, 2016.JOHN FILLITER
RUFFED GROUSE.APRIL 4, 2016.ALDO DORIO.
RUFFED GROUSE.APRIL 4, 2016.ALDO DORIO.
SONG SPARROW 01. APR. 04, 2016. BRIAN STONE
