NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, May 11, 2017 (Thursday)
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** A nice
spring visitor to Marlene Hickman on Wednesday to her Dorchester yard when a BALTIMORE ORIOLE [Oriole de Baltimore] arrived. It seemed to favour feeding on some apples in
a feeder. It’s time to get oranges or
pink grapefruit halves out impaled on branches.
** The
spring flowers are getting underway. A
note from Dave Christie I missed on May 8th when Dave reported that
many hundreds of TROUT LILY [L’érythrone d’Amérique] leaves had emerged on
Middle Island at Mary’s Point, but no sign of a flower or even a bud on that
date. He did find 15 flowering SPRING
BEAUTY plants, 30 to 40 LARGE-LEAVED WHITE VIOLETS and 5 STRAWBERRY plants
aside his driveway. It’s time to be
photographing wildflowers to share with the group. Some ephemeral spring ones should be
appearing this weekend. I did note FALSE
HELLEBORE [Tabac du diable], TRILLIUM and BLOODROOT emerging on Friday on the
Miramichi River, and the first leaves of HEPATICA [Les hépatiques] emerging at
a cedar bog in Halcomb. None were in
bloom.
** Dave and
Bonnie Miller share a few more interesting photos of their Alberta visit. Dave got a photo of an AUDUBON’S WARBLER
which is the western version of our common Yellow-rumped Warbler. The distinguishing feature between the two is
the yellow throat of the Audubon’s warbler whereas the throat is white on the
eastern YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER [Paruline à croupion
jaune]. The Audubon’s is a casual
visitor in the east. Dave also got a
photo of an AMERICAN DIPPER which does not drop by New Brunswick. This bird will actually walk under the water
of streams to forage on underwater insects.
Dave also shares a photo of the commonly seen MOUNTAIN SHEEP in Alberta
as well as a GOLDEN-MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL we do not have in NB but looks
similar to our EASTERN CHIPMUNK but larger in size.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
AMERICAN DIPPER.MAY 2017.DAVE MILLER
AUDUBON'S WARBLER.MAY 2017.DAVE MILLER
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.MAY 10, 2017.MARLENE HICKMAN
BALTIMORE ORIOLE.MAY 10, 2017.MARLENE HICKMAN
GOLDEN-MANTLED GROUND SQUIRREL.MAY 2017.DAVE MILLER
MOUNTAIN SHEEP.MAY 2017.DAVE MILLER
