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MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, October 25, 2018 (Thursday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Peter Gadd is having a CAROLINA WREN
[Troglodyte de Caroline] patronize his yard peanut feeder in Miramichi the past
few days and was able to capture photos of this special visitor on Wednesday.
There now has been breeding records established in New Brunswick for the
Carolina Wren but this Wren continues to be uncommonly seen but often remains
faithful to a feeder yard when they choose one at this time of year. Let’s hope
this one does just that as it has chosen a good landlord!
** Jane Leblanc got an excellent photo
of a small flock of shorebirds over St. Martins beach on Wednesday at high
tide. It is an excellent study photo to show wing patterns, up swept, down
swept, and out straight. The two birds in lead and the one taking up the rear appear to
be SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS [Pluvier semipalmé] while the five in between appear to
be DUNLINS [Bécasseau variable] showing the dark stripe down the tail and the
decurved bills. The lower bird appears noticeably smaller than both other
species. As Gilles Belliveau points out Sibley’s flight illustration of the
non-breeding adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER [Bécasseau semipalmé] appears
virtually identical to Jane’s photo. A small flock, but a lot to look at.
** Doreen Rossiter reports that she did
not have any visits from the assumed first fall Rose-breasted Grosbeak on
Wednesday as of mid-afternoon but did have two new for the year species arrive
to her Alma yard. Eight BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS [Jaseur boréal] came during the
morning’s heavy rain to check on the berry crop and in the afternoon a RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre roux] arrived to a suet block and a window feeder.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
CAROLINA WREN. OCT 24, 2018 . PETER GADD
CAROLINA WREN. OCT 24, 2018 . PETER GADD
SHOREBIRD FLOCK (SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, DUNLIN, AND SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER). OCT 24 2018. JANE LeBLANC
