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MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, January 17, 2019 (Thursday)
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** There hasn’t been much about it on
the airwaves in New Brunswick but a tropical hawk, a GREAT BLACK HAWK, has been
bringing birders flocking for an audience with it in Maine. That included
Rick Elliot and Barb Curlew who made a pilgrimage to Portland, Maine on Tuesday
and were very pleased to be directed right to it by local birder John Berry.
They got a photo of their own which is attached. The bird was approximately 100
ft.from where they parked their car. This hawk is a native to Central and South
America which normally does not leave its tropical home. It was first spotted
in Biddeford, Maine in August and it appears to be the same bird that was
spotted on South Padre Island in Texas last spring. It is an immature bird. It has ventured far out of
its home turf. The weather is cool in Portland, Maine like it is in south
eastern New Brunswick so never say never. Keep a close eye out for a different
looking hawk and thanks to Rick and Barb for sharing their experience.
** It has been a different year at
feeders for Common Redpoll drop-ins with several feeders having the odd one
drop by, not in flocks. It was our turn on Wednesday when one, lone COMMON
REDPOLL [Sizerin flammé] dropped by, seemingly traveling alone. It went right
to the niger seed feeder and fed for some time, peeking out from the back of
the feeder to show its red beret, dark moustache and rouge on its chest.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
COMMON REDPOLL. JAN 16, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
COMMON REDPOLL. JAN 16, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
GREAT BLACK HAWK (IMMATURE). JAN 15,2019. RICK ELLIOT
