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Edited by : Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Transcript by : David Christie maryspt@mac.com
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** Carmella Melanson continued to host the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
[Paruline à gorge jaune] on Wednesday. It showed up for short visits in the
morning but much more frequently during the afternoon, and it is now going to
the suet cakes on the side of the house, as well as the suet feeder in front of
the house. Carmella’s e-mail address is carmella.melanson@hotmail.com for
a fast update. Several people went for an audience with Carmella’s special
visitor on Wednesday and everyone was able to see it. Carmella shares another
photo of this handsome warbler.
** Jamie Burris comments that he has had some ROCK PIGEONS [Pigeon biset]
showing up in his Riverview yard, so was pleased to have a MERLIN [Faucon
émerillon] arrive to survey things and allow him to get a nice photo.
** On Tuesday afternoon, Brian Stone, Danny Sullivan and I spotted three
WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de Virginie] in a field in the Shemogue area. They each
showed very noticeable delineated black areas on the chest, which seemed
unusual. It’s not unusual to see a small black line or dark mark in that area,
but we had never seen it so large and so consistent as on these deer that
appeared to be a doe and two young of the year. Joe Kennedy, a deer biologist
with Fish and Wildlife in Fredericton, reviewed the photos that we were able to
get in the fading light. He says that some genetic traits are being expressed
here, saying that it is not uncommon for some deer to show black on the chest,
but not this strongly expressed. The doe evidently passed a recessive gene to
both of her young.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
MERLIN NOV 23 2016 JAMIE BURRIS
WHITE-TAILED DEER 01. NOV. 22, 2016. BRIAN STONE
WHITE-TAILED DEER 01. NOV. 22, 2016. BRIAN STONE
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Nov 23 2016 CARMELLA MELANSON
