Nature Moncton Nature News: Aug 30 2018

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 30, 2018 (Thursday)

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** Carmella Melanson has had the good fortune of having a CAROLINA WREN [Troglodyte de Caroline] visiting her Grand Barachois yard in the mornings in the 6:30 to 7:30 am time window. She heard it on Monday morning, was able to see it on Wednesday morning, and it returned for an observation on Thursday morning, so it is obviously making regular morning visits at this point. It is being very vocal, so if present it will be known. Birders are welcome to drop by Carmella’s home for a potential audience.

** Leon Gagnon shares some video photos he took on Miscou Island recently. Three photos are of a PHILADELPHIA VIREO [Viréo de Philadelphie], a vireo that we don’t often get nice observations of. It is showing its stronger yellow blush of late season. Leon also got a photo of a BLUE-HEADED VIREO [Viréo à tête bleue] in molt. The Blue-headed Vireo in non-molt is the one vireo of our common ones that shows white wing bars but Gilles Belliveau points out that most of the median coverts and greater coverts are missing due to the molt and it is the pale tips of those that form the wing bars. However one can see one of them is indeed present and has the pale tip to indicate that the bird is in molt. The late season plumage changes of some birds can make identification more of a challenge. Fortunately many still vocalize.

** One candidate in the Provincial Election has chosen a Nature Moncton swallow box as a backdrop to keep an eye on it.

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