NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, December 23, 2018
(Sunday)
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** Georges Brun has been able to confirm his recent
sighting of a SHORT-EARED OWL [Hibou des marais] on the Riverview Marsh, in
spite of the rain and fog on Saturday. With the help of harassing AM. CROWS
[Corneille d’Amérique], he was able to get better than documentary photos. It
is interesting to note at least one of these elusive owls is back at that site
this season, along with other raptors being sighted in this general area. It is
making for some potential close-to-home birdwatching.
** Dave Christie made a walk to the Mary’s Point
beach on Saturday morning, to note the complete marsh flooded and the beach
covered with the full-moon tide. He did find something that he had never found
at Mary’s Point before, a COMMON MURRE [Guillemot marmette], which was recently
deceased for some unknown reason and being recycled by CROWS [Corneille] and
RAVENS [Grand Corbeau]. Dave thinks he has seen murres (probably THICK-BILLED
MURRE [Guillemot de Brünnich] at Waterside but never at Mary’s Point.
There has also been a young-of-the year GREAT BLUE
HERON [Grand Héron] staying in the Daley Creek marsh area, the marsh that
empties the Lars Larsen Marsh. It has a dark head without the adult’s white
crown patch. It is seen actively fishing the creek as the high tide comes in to
fill the creek.
Dave comments that his feeder area is inundated
with BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES [Mésange à tête noire] this year but sparrows,
except for WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS [Bruant à gorge blanche], now down to four,
and a SONG SPARROW [Bruant chanteur] have vacated.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
SHORT-EARED OWL AND CROWS. DEC 22 2018 GEORGES BRUN
SHORT- EARED OWL DEC 22 2018. GEORGES BRUN
SHORT- EARED OWL DEC 22 2018. GEORGES BRUN
COMMON MURRE (FOUND DECEASED ON MARY'S POINT BEACH). DEC 22, 2018. DAVID CHRISTIE
COMMON MURRE (FOUND DECEASED ON MARY'S POINT BEACH). DEC 22, 2018. DAVID CHRISTIE
