Nature Moncton Nature News: May 23, 2019

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, May 23, 2019 (Thursday)

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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)

** Diane Hebert saw an ibis at the Bell (aka Wilson’s) Marsh over the weekend. Diane had a documentary photo of it at Tuesday night’s meeting. By default we are calling it a GLOSSY IBIS [Ibis falcinelle]. It does have a white rim around the beak area, and the rather remote possibility of a White-faced Ibis could not be ruled out as the Glossy Ibis will have white there as well. Roger Leblanc commented that he thought there was at least one Glossy Ibis nesting record in New Brunswick and it does nest in wetlands. Hopefully this will be seen again for confirmation. Diane saw it at the eastern end of the marsh just past the archway of trees over the path through the marsh.

** Doreen Rossiter reports that either a new flock of BOBOLINKS [Goglu des prés] has arrived to her Alma yard or the group that came recently has had kin join them. On Wednesday Doreen had 21 Bobolinks in her yard, being 14 male and 7 females. They stayed for a long time feeding on ground feed and in the long grassy areas. What a year for Bobolinks at feeders!

** Nancy Mullin in Quarryville had a visit from a bright, male INDIGO BUNTING [Passerin indigo] over the weekend. The rain seems to have ruffled his plumage a bit.

** What could be more appropriate than a YELLOW WARBLER [Paruline jaune] in that beautiful spring shrub Forsythia which is sporting its brilliant yellow flowers at the moment? Jane Leblanc got just that in her St. Martins yard on Wednesday. A WILSON'S WARBLER [Paruline à calotte noire] popped in beside it but in true Wilson’s Warbler fashion quickly flitted elsewhere. Note the not often noticed blush of reddish color on the crown of the Yellow Warbler. Jane also got a nice photo of a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER [Paruline bleue] at St. Martins harbor and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS [Grand Chevalier] also was posing nicely in the St Martins harbor on the incoming tide.

** Yvette Richard visited Grand Manan Island this past weekend and shares some photos of birds that she enjoyed there, including a BROWN THRASHER [Moqueur roux], BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER [Paruline à gorge noire], a handsome MAGNOLIA WARBLER [Paruline à tête cendrée], a GRAY CATBIRD [Moqueur chat] showing just a bit of its signature chestnut undertail coverts, and an ORCHARD ORIOLE.

** Dan Sullivan got a very close up frontal view of a CAPE MAY WARBLER [Paruline tigrée] that landed right in front of his home window in a shrub. A view we don’t often get to see. Dan also got a nice photo of a HERMIT THRUSH [Grive solitaire] in full song. We may be hearing its song a bit more during the day at the moment as territories are established but may soon take on its more frequent timing of dusk.

** Lois Budd comments that she has never had a spring like this year at her nearby Salisbury feeder yard. Over the last few weeks she has had up to 30+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS [Paruline à croupion jaune] feeding at her suet feeder and are now enjoying peanut butter. The cool spring appears to have made bird feeders a very welcome food source for arriving migrants.

** The warblers to suet scenario surely is widespread. Gordon Rattray had a PINE WARBLER [Paruline des pins], 6 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS [Paruline à croupion jaune] and a CAPE MAY WARBLER [Paruline tigrée] come to his suet blend on Wednesday. He dropped by Gray Brook Marsh to find a posing CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER [Paruline à flancs marron] and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER [Chevalier grivelé] at a distance. The Spotted Sandpiper is one of the shorebird lineup that nests in New Brunswick.

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