**For the second day in a row Jamie Burris has spotted
another northern bird species arriving in NB, a COMMON REDPOLL. It appeared in
his own Riverview yard, which is early for redpolls when they do join us for the
winter to come to a feeder yard. It's probably too soon to tell if
this is an advanced guard arriving or a wanderer. It's interesting to note this
redpoll report comes just a few days after a flock of PINE SISKINS were noted.
If both species decide to visit NB in numbers this winter, it could be a busy
winter at feeders.
**Clarence Cormier had his first visit of the year from
an AMERICAN TREE SPARROW to his Grand-Digue yard on Tuesday. They are joining
us on schedule.
Clarence also had a flock of approximately 30 CEDAR
WAXWINGS checking out the berry crop around his home.
**Barb Curlew in Waterside also reports a robin scenario
commenting they have been hosting hundreds of robins the past few days. She
noted one carrying long grass to a tree as if it was in nesting
mode.
There is a very abundant Mountain Ash crop in the
Waterside New Horton area.
**Dale Gaskin had 2 male EVENING GROSBEAKS drop by his
Dawson Settlement yard on Tuesday. It's the first time he has seen this species
this year.
**Fred and Lynn Dube had a visit from a large DARNER
DRAGONFLY on Tuesday to their Riverview yard.
Gilles Belliveau took a look at the photo and pointed
out mosaic DARNERS from a dorsal photos are challenging but he suspects it to be
a SHADOW DARNER since it is the most likely one to still be on the wing this
late in October and some features do suggest Shadow Darner, thus the photo is
labeled "as suspected".
**Brian Stone has done a Dropbox file of 123 photos from
the stops of the Moncton Nature field trip from last Saturday. For those who
would to see them go to the link
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fl8w1s7c1pajtw9/AADwwaEs67WBbknXgUj3Z_wwa?dl=0
Brian noticed the Mountain Ash berries in his Moncton
yard are getting lots of attention on Tuesday with 10-12 AMERICAN ROBINS and one
CEDAR WAXWING foraging on them.
**There seems to be a lot of HOODED MERGANSERS
appearing. Aldo Dorio photographed 2 brightly
plumaged males off Tabusintac on Monday.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
AMERICAN ROBIN 01. OCT. 25, 2016. BRIAN STONE
CEDAR WAXWING 02. OCT. 25, 2016. BRIAN STONE
COMMON REDPOLL OCT 25 2016 JAMIE BURRIS
SHADOW DARNER DRAGONFLY (SUSPECTED).OCT 25, 2016.FRED DUBE
HOODED MERGANSERS (MALE).OCT 24, 2016.ALDO DORIO
