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**Karen and Jamie Burris used
Tuesday's spring-like weather to get out on the Turtle Creek Marsh. On arriving
they heard the distant sound of annoyed AMERICAN CROWS [Corneille d'Amérique]
and suspected a raptor present. On the opposite side of the river, as they
scanned, they spotted a raptor flying across the highway and disappear over the
tree line. Jamie was able to get one distant shot, that was documentary enough
to see the dark facial mask outlined by
the white supercilium and pale lower face of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK [Autour des
palombes]. They saw two adult BALD EAGLES [Pygargue à tête blanche]doing some
synchronized aerial acrobatics to suggest pair bonding. The pair just might
have seen the Mapleton Park WOOD DUCK [Canard branchu] activity from yesterday!
They tallied a total of six BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] in that
immediate area, three immature/subadults and three adult birds.
**On the
round to the Miramichi on Tuesday, it was very pleasant to drop by a few
logging roads, that happened to be very well travelled at the moment, to see a
few pairs of CANADA JAYS [Mésangeai du Canada]) in their element. It is that
time of year when these birds will be starting their yearly nesting mission. A
stop at the feeder yard and woods trail of Wayne Corcoran on Route 108 near Quarreyville is
always a value added bonus. Wayne had approximately 50 EVENING GROSBEAK
[Gros-bec errant] last year, which was the most I had seen in one spot since
the 1980's. This year he felt he had 350 plus. From what I saw, he made a
conservative estimate. He also has feeders along the woods trail, which may be
responsible for some of the amazing number of mammal trails and foot/paw
imprints in the snow. I have not seen a lot of SNOWSHOE HARE [Lièvre
d’Amérique] trails this winter, but that was sure not the case there, along
with WEASEL, WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de Virginie], possible WILDCAT, COYOTE and
more that I could not be sure of.
It was also
interesting to see many WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de Virginie] using the
Miramichi River as a highway . Many seemed to have their muzzles to the ice,
but could not imagine what the interest in doing that maybe. An immatue Bald
Eagle was watching some very intently possibly with different thoughts in mind.
I gave a RODENT
presentation in the evening to the Miramici Naturalists Club to a very
enthustiastic group that had lots of interesting rodent encounters to share.
BALD EAGLES. FEB 5 2019 JAMIE BURRIS
BALD EAGLES. FEB 5 2019 JAMIE BURRIS
BALD EAGLE (SUSPECT 1ST YEAR). FEB 5, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
BALD EAGLES. FEB 5 2019 JAMIE BURRIS
CANADA JAY. FEB 5, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
EVENING GROSBEAKS. FEB 5, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN GOSHAWK FEB 5 2019 JAMIE BURRIS
WHITE-TAILED DEER ON MIRAMICHI RIVER. FEB 5, 2019. NELSON POIRIER
