NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE - November 21, 2016 (Monday)
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** Carmella Melanson had a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD [Carouge à tête jaune]
appear in her Grand Barachois feeder yard twice on Saturday. It was a no-show on
Sunday but a bonus replaced it, when a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER [Paruline à gorge
jaune] came several times during the day; each time it chose the suet
feeder.
That Warbler is back visiting Carmella again today, Monday. It is surely is
turning out to be a great November for rarities, and it could easily extend into
December.
** We don’t see WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES [Sittelle à poitrine blanche]
very often in the Moncton area. However, I recall that Aerolynn Green has had
them in different years in her Riverview yard, and Dave Cannon on the Ammon
Road. John Massey in Dieppe has had one coming to his feeders on a regular basis
for two weeks now. He thinks it is alone since he’s never seen two at the same
time.
** Ron Stiles in Port Elgin comments on a neighbour who has a RING-NECKED
PHEASANT [Faisan de Colchide] actively digging up potatoes and foraging on them.
A photo Judy Marsh recently submitted of a pheasant digging in her flower beds
makes me wonder if bulbs might not be attractive to pheasants once they got the
hang of it.
** Bev Christie’s brother caught two COYOTES [Coyote] roving their
backyard a few nights ago on his motion-sensor camera on the Isaiah Road, which
is just past the Briggs Cross Road, as one heads out of Moncton on Route
126.
** Gabriel Gallant is hosting a particularly aggressive adult NORTHERN
SHRIKE [Pie-grièche grise] in his Ste-Marie-de-Kent yard. On Sunday it seemed to
harass every bird in his yard, including BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES [Mésange à
tête noire , EUROPEAN STARLINGS [Étourneau sansonnet], BUE JAYS [Geai bleu] and
even a group of ROCK PIGEONS [Pigeon biset]. Gabriel expects that it’s around on
a regular basis during the day while he is at work. He watched it doing the
rounds for 20 minutes on Sunday, then promptly left. This is the third weekend
in a row that he has seen it doing the same routine.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
COYOTES.NOV14, 2016.VIA BEV CHRISTIE
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH.OCT 2012..JOHN MASSEY
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH.OCT 2012..JOHN MASSEY
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH.OCT 2012..JOHN MASSEY
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Nov 20 2016 CARMELLA MELANSON
