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MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, December 25, 2018 (Tuesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Lois Budd comments that she noted
active, fresh BEAVER [Castor] works on what seems like very large trees on the
O’Neil Rd. Lois wonders how Beavers manage to fell these large trees without
having them fall on themselves. Take note in Lois’s photos that one side of the
chewed area is greater than the other. The Beaver is arranging for the tree to
fall in the direction of the deeper cut section … a technique worked out and ingrained
undoubtedly for a very long time.
** The Trueman Blueberry Farm in
Etter Ridge, in Aulac, constructed a sunflower plant maze and the field was not
cleared with sunflower plants still standing to the great delight of several
bird species. Flocks of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES [Mésange à tête noire], AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH [Chardonneret jaune], DARK-EYED JUNCOS [Junco ardoisé] and AMERICAN
TREE SPARROWS [Bruant hudsonien] are enjoying the bounty. There must be some
happy Ring-necked Pheasants and Ducks there too as well as some small rodents.
Louise Nichols drove by it on Monday to see all the birds enjoying their
Christmas treat very much.
Yesterday,
on Christmas Eve, Brian Stone noticed a couple of nice ice halos in the sky. A
combination of three commonly seen halos ... the 22 deg. halo, the Upper
Tangent Arc, and the Circumzenithal Arc ... but not always seen together all
that often here. Brian got photos and labelled them.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BEAVER WORKINGS (FRESH) DEC 24, 2018. LOIS BUDD
BEAVER WORKINGS (FRESH) DEC 24, 2018. LOIS BUDD
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE IN TRUEMAN SUNFLOWER FIELD. LOUISE NICHOLS. DEC. 24, 2018
ICE HALOS. DEC. 24, 2018.. BRIAN STONE
ICE HALOS. DEC. 24, 2018.. BRIAN STONE
