NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, October 10, 2018 ( Wednesday)
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** It is nice to hear of feeder
yard reports. Doreen Rossiter is hosting a lot of bird activity in her Alma
feeder yard and feeders. She is reporting more activity than in previous years
at about the same time frame. Her yard has grown into a park like area of
trees, shrubs and perennial beds with minimal lawn that has been very
attractive to SONG
SPARROW [Bruant chanteur] and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW [Bruant à gorge blanche].
She has had a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH [Sittelle à poitrine rousse] pair with four
youngsters that have been attending the feeder area now for two months. At the
feeder she has BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES [Mésange à tête noire]DOWNY WOODPECKER
[Pic mineur], HAIRY WOODPECKER [Pic chevelu]PURPLE FINCH [Roselin pourpré],
BLUE JAY [Geai bleu] only a few AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH [Chardonneret jaune] and a small contigent of PINE SISKIN [Tarin des
pins]. No rarities yet, but regularly expected birds in greater numbers than in
the past. She is expecting the DARK-EYED JUNCO [Junco ardoisé] to start
arriving for their winter visits anytime. One of her summer surprises was
waking up one morning in late July to find a frog hopping about the livingroom,
which was a mystery to them, as they hadn't seen a frog about the yard all
summer. Nothing unusal had been brought in the house which would carry a frog.
It was easily captured and relocated.
**Aldo
Dorio comments he is seeing less BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER [Pluvier argenté] in the
area between the Neguac Wharf and Hay Island. He sends a photo of two juvenile
plumaged birds. One bird does have a
more pronounced white supercillium and more slender bill that could have one
thinking AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER [Pluvier bronzé]. Gilles Belliveau points out
they both lack the darker cap and auriculars of the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER [Pluvier
bronzé] and the more dainty dove like look is likely due to the birds upright
posture in the photo. He also points out that you can see the dark primaries
don't project too much beyond the tertials and in two of the photos show the tail tip well allowing us to see the
that the primaries end right around the
tail tip, rather than projecting past as
you would see in the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER [Pluvier bronzé]. Aldo also sends a
photo of a DUNLIN [Bécasseau variable] in a rear view photo that is a juvenile
going into winter plumage.
** I
pointed out yesterday some of the activities that the Nature Moncton Activities
Committee has scheduled over the next weeks that have not been added to the web
site as yet and neglected to add the scheduled visit to The Atlantic Wildlife
Institute in Cookville. It is added below.
Tour of the Atlantic Wildlife
Institute
Date: October 28th
Time of Tour: 1:00 pm
Most of us are aware of the
Atlantic Wildlife Institute in Cookville, NB and the work they do
rehabilitating injured or sick wildlife.
In addition to their rehabilitation work, the Institute contributes to
our awareness of environmental problems and issues as well as providing education
about wildlife to kids and other members of the community. So if you’d like to see some wildlife up
close, and even some – skunks come to mind – that you’d rather not see, come
join us for a 1 to 2 hour tour of their facilities beginning at 1:00 pm on
Sunday October 28th. People
in the Moncton area can meet for carpooling in the Champlain Place parking lot
behind the Burger King at 12:00 noon.
For people who wish to join the group in the Sackville area, we will
meet there at the Sackville Tourist Information Centre on Mallard Drive (by the
Sackville Waterfowl Park) at 12:30.
Please register for the tour
with Louise Nichols at nicholsl@eastlink.ca
Individual donations to the
Atlantic Wildlife Institute would be appreciated. All are welcome to join the group, Nature
Moncton member or not.
nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. OCT. 8, 2018. ALDO DORIO
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. OCT. 8, 2018. ALDO DORIO
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. OCT. 8, 2018. ALDO DORIO
DUNLIN. (YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR) OCT. 8, 2018. ALDO DORIO
