** Mac and Brenda Wilmot had a handsome male RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER [Pic à
ventre roux] arrive at the suet feeder in their Lower Coverdale feeder yard on
Saturday morning. Here’s hoping that it’s an early winter arrival, with more to
come. This species is doing well to the south of us and expanding its range
northward.
** Another FOX SPARROW [Bruant fauve] to suggest a migratory wave passing
through. Jean-Paul and Stella LeBlanc had one in their Bouctouche feeder yard on
Saturday. They also had a visit from a lone male EVENING GROSBEAK [Gros-bec
errant] on Thursday.
** A clarification of a comment yesterday on COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin
flammé] being reported at Saint-Damien, Quebec, in the summer. Léon Gagnon
points out that the word in French, “écoumene” is spelled “ecumene" in English,
and means the part of a country where people live, that is to say the inhabited
area, like southern Canada, as an example. I was not familiar with the word
“écoumene,” and Google advised me it was a garden near Saint-Damien, Quebec.
What Léon really meant to point out was that redpolls were seen in southern
Quebec this past summer, which is unusual. It makes for the possibility of
potential changes in their life biology. We are both correcting our language
misunderstanding.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
EVENING GROSBEAK.OCT.27,2016.JP LEBLANC
FOX SPARROW.OCT.29,2016.STELLA LEBLANC
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.OCT 29, 2016.MAC WILMOT
