NATURE MONCTON’S INFORMATION LINE –
January 21, 2017 (Saturday)
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**Marlene
Hickman is now certain she has two WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES [Sittelle à
poitrine blanche] coming to her Dorchester feeder yard, as they appeared
together on Friday. Marlene is hoping it’s a pair that will adopt her area as a
territory.
**Mac
Wilmot had a surprise SHARP-SHINNED HAWK [Épervier brun] come by his Lower
Coverdale yard on Friday. There does not seem to be as many Sharp-shinned Hawk
reports so far this winter.
**Some
questions have come up as to the exact location of the Westmorland-Albert Solid
Waste Site where the GULL [Goéland] field trip is happening on January
28th.
It is civic number 2024 Route 128 (the Berry Mills Road). The street name is
Bill Slater Drive; follow it until you come to the gatehouse.
**An
interesting scenario at the Salvation Army Thrift Store on Mountain Road on
Friday afternoon. An apparent female MERLIN [Faucon émerillon] had flown in an
open back door in pursuit of a ROCK DOVE [Pigeon biset], to create a scenario
that was startling to staff and customers. The manager closed the store and
turned out the lights. A firefighter friend who knows the back ways into most
buildings called me to come and identify the bird. I got there quickly, and he
led me in a back way to get quick looks and a documentary photo before the
manager showed us the door. The Rock Dove froze in place, but the Merlin flew
about, seemingly enjoying the adventure, and stopped on an upper beam for a good
head-scratch. We weren’t allowed to see the outcome, but I suspect catching and
releasing a Merlin among the upper ceiling rafters would have been a challenging
effort, to say the least.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
MERLIN (FEMALE) JAN 20, 2017.NELSON POIRIER
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (SUSPECTED).JAN 20, 2017.MAC WILMOT
