NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 12 November, 2018 (Monday)
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The heavy winds of the past few days seem to be subsiding. Will more
bird surprises show up this week? It's that time of year.
Susan
and Fred Richards continue to get a flock of EVENING GROBEAKS [Gros-bec
errant] in their Taylor Village feeder yard. However, Sunday brought an
added bonus, their first-ever NORTHERN CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge], a
female that seemed to enjoy the company of the grosbeaks. I think that
is the only day this past week with only one cardinal report. What a
cardinal week it has been.
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Mac Wilmot was able to capture a nice photo of his female RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre roux] enjoying the suet block in his Lower
Coverdale feeder yard. Note how the red on the head and nape does not
extend right to the bill, as it does in the male.
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The HOUSE FINCH [Roselin familier] is a relatively common finch in New
Brunswick, that is with us all year, but seems to strongly favour urban
centres. We never had House Finches as regular clients, until we moved
into the city. Now they are regular patrons at feeders, tending to
favour sunflower chips and occasionally black oil sunflower seed. They
are easy to confuse with the PURPLE FINCH [Roselin pourpré] at first
glance but easy to differentiate when you're used to seeing them. The
males vary in their red distribution but a photo of the generic House Finch male is
attached beside a photo of a bland, conservatively dressed female. The
males have a brown crown that the male Purple Finch lacks, and are also
heavily barred dark on the lower chest, which the Purple Finch lacks.
The females lack the obvious white supercilium over the eye of the
Purple Finch female. The male House Finch takes on its reddish plumage
in its first fall, while the Purple Finch does not acquire its rosy red
colour until the second fall of life. The photo does not show, but the
tail is notched at its apex in the Purple Finch, squarish in the House Finch.
The vocalizations although similar can be readily differentiated as
well.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
EVENING GROSBEAKS. NOV 11, 2018. FRED RICHARDS
HOUSE FINCH (MALE AND FEMALE). OCT 28, 2018.NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN CARDINAL (FEMALE) .NOV 11, 2018. FRED RICHARDS
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (FEMALE). NOV 11, 2018
