Nature Moncton Nature News: April 25 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE - April 25, 2017 (Tuesday)

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** Dave Christie reports 11 folks were able to get down to the Morcom’s at civic #575 Route 915 near Riverside Albert to get an audience with a female BLUE GROSBEAK [Guiraca bleu]. Most had to wait for a time, but all were successful in seeing it as it came and went to feed. Some new arrivals not seen previously at the Morcom’s yard on Monday were a PALM WARBLER [Paruline à couronne rousse], a few YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS [Paruline à croup ion jaune] and 3 TREE SWALLOWS [Hirondelle bicolore]. Dejah Morcom will be home today, Tuesday, for folks still wanting a potential audience with the female Blue Grosbeak. For some reason Dave Christie’s excellent photo of the female Blue Grosbeak and female Brown Headed Cowbird did not attach to the photo lineup yesterday. It is re-attached today, and hopefully stays there.

** It’s great to hear the recent reports of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS [Merlebleu de l’Est] appearing. Jamie and Karen Burris spotted a pair on the Nixon Rd; they also saw TREE SWALLOWS [Hirondelle bicolore] and a pair of BELTED KINGFISHERS [Martin-pêcheur d’Amérique].

** Mitch Doucet shares photos of the BLACK-HEADED GULL [Mouette rieuse] he got near Cape Tormentine near Exit #51. Mitch also got a photo of one of the RUDDY DUCKS [Érismature rousse] that are starting to appear at the Arthur Street Lagoon in Memramcook, where there were 5 noted. The photo of a male shows the brilliant blue bill and the ruddy coloured plumage to give it its name. Mitch also got a photo of a RED FOX kit [Renard roux] that must have been born fairly recently.

** Anna Tucker visited the Irishtown Nature Park on Monday to find Trailing Arbutus, aka MAY FLOWER {Fleur de mai}, starting to bloom. She also got a photo of the lake from the spillway.

** Brian and Annette Stone took a walk in Mapleton Park on Monday to note RED-BERRIED ELDER starting to prepare for blooming, a pair of WOOD DUCKS [Canard branchu] are still in the pond there. I wish now we had put a wood duck box there which may have interested them. They also came across a flock of approximately 15 CEDAR WAXWINGS [Jaseur d’Amérique], a NORTHERN FLICKER [Pic flamboyant] posed, and as expected, Brian did not miss a SOLAR HALO. They also heard SPRING PEEPERS and WOOD FROGS which should explode with the warm weather predicted for this week.

** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a HERMIT THRUSH [Grive solitaire] settling in to Hay Island on Monday.

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