NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, May 19, 2019 (Sunday)
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** Doreen Rossiter was very pleased to have a male SUMMER TANAGER arrive in her Alma feeder yard on Saturday, to join finches
feeding at a window feeder. Doreen comments, “What a beautiful bird!”
** Elaine Gallant spotted a SNOWY EGRET [Aigrette neigeuse]
feeding at Point-du-Chêne Road just past the bridge on the right-hand side and
before coming to the wharf. She saw it on Saturday evening with a group of
GREAT BLUE HERONS [Grand Héron].
** Yolande LeBlanc was surprised on Friday to have 6 BOBOLINKS [Goglu
des prés] in her Memramcook feeder yard. Imagine how surprised she was on
Saturday to have 35. Yes, 35 Bobolinks, ground-feeding. Yolande comments that
the beautiful cacophony of song freaked her out, to put it mildly.
** Catherine Hamilton got a few nice photos of a group of BLACK
SCOTERS [Macreuse à bec jaune] of mixed gender, that sat down on one of the
lagoons on the Petitcodiac Waterfowl Trail. They obviously stopped on fresh
water for a rest on their migration north.
** Jane LeBlanc had her FOY WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW [Bruant à
couronne blanche] in her St. Martins feeder yard on Saturday. She got an
excellent photo of those fluorescent white head stripes. WHITE-THROATED
SPARROWS [Bruant à gorge blanche] and SONG SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur] joined
the lone White-crowned Sparrow.
Dave Christie’s FOY yard birds
Saturday were 2 CHIPPING SPARROWS [Bruant familier] feeding on corn and millet
and a male NORTHERN PARULA [Paruline à collier] checking the Forsythia flowers
for insects. Most numerous were a substantial group of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS
[Carouge à épaulettes] that came several times during the day and consisted of
from 12 to 35 females and 1 to 3 males. PURPLE FINCHES [Roselin pourpré] were
close behind with 20 females and 12 males.
Nature Moncton
BLACK SCOTER. (MALE)MAY 17, 2019. CATHERINE HAMILTON
BLACK SCOTERS. MAY 17, 2019. CATHERINE HAMILTON
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. MAY 17, 2019. JANE LEBLANC
