Nature Moncton Nature News: May 15 2018

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, May 15, 2018 ( Tuesday )

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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)

** Lois McGibbon got some great photos of a partial albino BLUE JAY [Geai bleu] that is visiting her Anagance feeder yard. It is a very white plumaged specimen, however pigment is still showing on the bill and eye to make it a partial albino. Lois comments that there is a faint blue showing on its back. Every partial albino bird is a single copy edition.

** Brittany Crossman visited the RED FOX [Renard roux] family in Riverview again to capture some amazing photos. It is remarkable how much the fox kits have grown since Brittany last visited them on May 04. A reminder that this is on private property that Brittany has been given permission to photograph on at a non disturbing distance. Enjoy the captivating images.

**David Myles was in the right place at the right time to watch a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER [Pic à dos noir] for an hour as it worked its way through some birch trees and tall spruces along the shore of Little Magaguadavic Lake. He had never spotted one there before so it was a special treat as Black-backed Woodpeckers always are.

** Red Oak tree blooms come and go very quickly. Mac Wilmot got one showing at its best in his Lower Coverdale yard on Monday.

** It is great to hear Dale Gaskin's voice back on the line after a break in the right leg and a knee replacement in the left leg. He says he is not able to kick anyone yet, but maybe in a month! Dale reports that he got his first RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD [Colibri à gorge rubis] on Monday but only got his feeder up on Monday as well. He is noting lots of TREE SWALLOW [Hirondelle bicolore] activity around his nest boxes at the moment. We look forward to having Dale back in harness.

** Tonight, Tuesday night, May 15, is Nature Moncton meeting night at 7:00 at the Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge across from the former Cabela's location. Peter Thomas will be joining us from the Canadian Wildlife service in Sackville to share some very interesting information on how climate change is affecting birds in different ways that will be very revealing to many. The write up is attached.

Nature Moncton May Meeting

Birds and Climate Change

Date: May 15, 2018

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge

Speaker: Peter Thomas

Climate change will impact New Brunswick forest birds in several ways. Timing of migration and nesting will change for some species, and the distribution and abundance of forest birds will change over the coming decades for several reasons. And all the while, the changing climate will cause forest habitat to change as well. What may the New Brunswick forest bird community look like in the years to come? And what sort of added pressures will land birds face as climate change effects become more pronounced. Join Peter Thomas of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service to learn more about forest birds and climate change in New Brunswick.

** As a heads up the Activities Committee has arranged for two upcoming Nature Moncton events with "Out in the Woods" coming up on June 08 and "What's That Bird" coming up on June 16. Will attach a write up for both of these events tomorrow so folks can mark off these days on their calendar.

nelson@nb.sympatico.ca

Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton