NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, December 13, 2018 (Thursday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Lisa Morris spotted a VOLE [campagnol]
in Moncton as she stepped out for a sunrise walk in the -22 deg. Celsius
temperature on Wednesday morning. It seemed to be trying to tunnel under the
hard packed snow which may be more of a challenge for these little critters at
the moment.
** Marguerite Winsor had a SHARP-SHINNED
HAWK [Épervier brun] arrive to her Salisbury yard on Wednesday to check out
feeder patrons and send them scattering. It did not take anything but stayed
just long enough for a quick photo. Fortunately their female NORTHERN CARDINAL
[Cardinal rouge] regular returned soon after. Marguerite comments that their
male Cardinal has not been around for the past five days but it is very
interesting to hear the reports of Cardinals becoming regular patrons in feeder
yards after their sudden multiple appearances two to three weeks ago in the
area.
The Sharp-shinned Hawk is interesting
as it is showing the horizontal chest barring of a mature bird and yet the eye
is still quite yellow of immaturity suggesting it to be a bird in the process
of moulting to adult.
** A second interesting round of photos
of a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK [Épervier brun], seemingly in the same stage of
maturity, was photographed by Paul Gunn in Charlottetown. Paul got several good
photos to show it in several positions. In sharing comments with Gilles
Belliveau, take note of the rounded head, small bill, small-headed appearance,
a bit of a supercilium over the eye, and slim legs that would tend to rule out
Cooper’s not knowing the size of the bird. Paul’s photo shows the white tail
tip to be notched and also not the brilliant white of the Cooper’s Hawk. It is
interesting to get these two similar Hawks on the same day.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. DEC 12, 2018. MARGUERITE WINSOR
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. DEC , 2018. PAUL GUNN
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. DEC , 2018. PAUL GUNN
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. DEC , 2018. PAUL GUNN
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. DEC , 2018. PAUL GUNN
VOLE. DEC 12, 2018. LISA MORRIS
