NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 15
December
2018 (Saturday)
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Transcript
by: Catherine Clements
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Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Doug
and Donna Northrup have had
two BALTIMORE ORIOLES [Oriole de Baltimore] coming to their yard in
Sussex, as well as a neighbour’s, for the past month. It is indeed
interesting to note they survived the recent cold snap, seemingly
very well. Doug Northrup got a few close-up photos of one of them.
They’re coming to Bird Pie suet
at both sites, made by The Eco-Crust Company in Chipman Brook (near
Black Rock), Nova Scotia. They comment they usually have Orioles
visit in the spring, but visits this time of year was their first
ever. They were both seen on Friday morning, December 14th.
**Mac
Wilmot sent a photo a few days ago of what the RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
[Pic à ventre roux] did to an apple tree he had thought was healthy.
On Friday he spotted a DOWNY WOODPECKER working in the
same area and making fresh wounds. It appears both Woodpecker species
decided there was something worthwhile going after in that particular
tree.
**It
was possible to photograph the Moon and the planet Mars together in
one photo after sunset on Friday evening, but a cloud shut out Brian
Stone’s efforts to do just that. However, as a value-added bonus,
Brian got a photo of the International
Space Station zipping by, almost in front of the Moon.
Nelson
Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BALTIMORE ORIOLE. DEC 6, 2018. DOUG NORTHRUP
BALTIMORE ORIOLE. DEC 6, 2018. DOUG NORTHRUP
DOWNY WOODPECKER AND WORKINGS. DEC 14, 2018. MAC WILMOT
MOON AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. DEC. 14, 2018. BRIAN STONE
