** Louise Nichols got some outstanding photos of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
[Pluvier bronzé] and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER [Pluvier argenté], together on Sunday
in one of the back fields behind the Sackville town garage. Her photos
beautifully show the sharp superciliary line, smaller bill, and brown and yellow
tones of the Golden Plover and the silver black, white and gray tones of the
Black-bellied, which has a stouter bill. One photo also nicely shows the longer
primary projection of a Golden Plover than would be expected in the
Black-bellied, which has extension barely beyond the tip of the tail. The very
dark cap and auriculars of the Golden causes the supercilium to create a much
bolder pattern.
Louise also saw one DUNLIN [Bécasseau variable] in the area (note the
drooping bill at the tip) and some PECTORAL SANDPIPERS [Bécasseau à poitrine
cendrée].
On Saturday, Louise saw YELLOWLEGS [Chevaliers], PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
[Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée] and WILSON'S SNIPE [Bécassine de Wilson] at the
Sackville Waterfowl Park.
** The days are getting shorter, as Ray Gauvin points out with a photo he
took of the sunset at Pointe-du-Chêne wharf at 6:48 p.m. on Sunday
evening.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (LEFT) AND BLACK BELLIED PLOVER(RIGHT) LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (LEFT) AND BLACK BELLIED PLOVER(RIGHT) LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (LEFT) AND BLACK BELLIED PLOVER(RIGHT) LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
DUNLIN. LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
PECTORAL SANDPIPER. LOUISE NICHOLS. OCT. 2, 2016
SUNSET.PTE-DE CHENE.OCT 2, 2016.RAY GAUVIN
