NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION
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Transcript by: Judy Marsh marshj@nbnet.nb.ca
** Nature
Moncton Members night on Tuesday evening turned out to be a very well received
event. Roger LeBlanc gave an interesting account of monitoring his trail of
over a dozen NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL [Petite nyctale] boxes and interactions he
has had with one Saw-Whet owl patron for sure as well as FLYING SQUIRREL [Grand polatouche] and RED SQUIRREL [Ecureuil roux) patrons.
** Fred Richards gave an account of an
excellent winter and summer response he gets to a suet cake mixture he uses,
which we will try and photograph the receipe
and place it on the BlogSpot.
** Brian Stone introduced folks to the small world of insects, snakes,
spiders, ticks, lady beetles and more he had successfully photographed.
**Nelson Poirier's introduction to a new
Mason Bee box will mean twenty more yards will be welcoming Mason bee
structures this coming spring. For more information on these nests and the
emergence chamber for clean out visit www.pollenbeenest.com
We were able to order 24 nest units @$12
and 12 emergence chambers at $13.80 via Nature Moncton. A few are still
available.
**Some feeder yards may be quiet, but others are booming. Sarah
Chouninard- Horne leaves a report from her yard
in Willow Grove, located ten
minutes past the Saint John Airport towards St. Martins. She has 75-100 EVENING
GROSBEAK [Gros-bec errant] devouring Black Oil Sunflower seed from three
different platforms. They have been regular for six weeks. AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW [Bruant hudsonien],SONG SPARROW [Bruant chanteur], and WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW [Bruant à gorge blanche] now visit daily.Recently PINE SISKIN [Tarin
des pins] have appeared as well as two CANADA JAYS [Mésangeai du Canada] for
the first ever visit. They are coming to suet nuggets that Sarah makes up and
also Black Oil Sunflower seed. A BROWN CREEPER [Grimpereau brun] comes to the
yard to glean insects from an apple tree and she sees it checking out other
trees, but not to any set out food items as yet. Several other expected
regulars round up the diversity of patrons. Sarah comments she enjoys her
feathered friends very very much.
**Mac Wilmot still has his female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre
roux] as a regular to his Lower Coverdale yard. It has become very attracted to
a home made suet cake mix that is simply
made from melted down raw suet kernels
blended with oatmeal. We are hoping Mac's lady and my gentleman will find each
other as spring approaches as the distance apart, via bird flight is really
quite close.
** A note from Leigh Eaton who is in
Florida comments that he sees the news
reports from Moncton that indicate that winter
is in full control and unfortunately Leigh, this is not fake news!
Leigh, however comments that Florida is unseasonably cold at the moment as well
. But he does notice each year at this time migration is really getting
underway. Where they are in Indian River, there have been AMERICAN ROBIN [Merle
d'Amérique] and COMMON GRACKLE [Quiscale
bronzé] arriving to their yard, some of our first returns , we can expect to
arrive here in a few months. For the past several days, their yard has been
inundated with Robins, several hundred at any one time and are decending on his
bird bath. It may be difficult to appreciate, but the birds are on the way,
just as Leigh will be in a few months.
** The BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS [Jaseur boréal]
are continuing to circulate about the city. They do appear to be less in number
this year even though there is an abundant supply of untapped clinging
crabapple friut. Brian Stone spotted a small flock on the Gorge Road on Tuesday
to get some quick documentary photos, as they moved from site to site.
Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BIRD PIE BLEND. FRED RICHARDS.
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS. JAN. 15, 2019. BRIAN STONE
EVENING GROSBEAKS. JAN 15, 2019. SARAH CHOUINARD-HORNE
MASON BEE NEST (PURCHASED-FRONT VIEW WITH STICKY GUARDS). MAY 9, 2018. NELSON POIRIER
MASON BEE NEST (PURCHASED-TOP VIEW). MAY 9, 2018. NELSON POIRIER
MASON BEE NEST WITH EMERGENCE CHAMBER ATTACHED FOR CLEANING . NELSON POIRIER
MASON BEE NEST WITH EMERGENCE CHAMBER ATTACHED FOR CLEANING. . NELSON POIRIER