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MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, June 18, 2019 (Tuesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Daryl Doucet got an interesting
photo of fledgling COMMON GRACKLES [Quiscale bronzé] being fed by a parent.
Note the thick, rubbery red commissure of the jaw of the fledglings. This will
disappear when they are off on their own. Also note the drab plumage of the
youngsters that will tend to stay until fall to confuse birders.
** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a young of
the year RED FOX [Renard roux] kit on Monday along with assumedly its mother.
The kit looks in great condition, but the assumed mother is lean and rough
pelaged. I don’t think it is infected with Sarcoptic Mange or probably the kit
would be as well. She has probably attended a large litter but by the size of
the kit, her rearing mission must be near complete with more time to attend to
herself.
At my own bird feeding area, numbers
are down somewhat from the spring rush. Most Purple Finch for off nesting as
well is the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Woodpeckers are trucking away food
continually assumedly to teenage nestlings. American Goldfinch are still
patrons as well as some Pine Siskins. Black-capped Chickadees are down again
assumedly mostly to nests. I’m going to discontinue using bird pies until
winter as they go through them just too fast for budgetary concerns.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
COMMON GRACKLE FLEDGLING BEING FED. JUNE 17, 2019. DARYL DOUCET
COMMON GRACKLE FLEDGLINGS BEING FED. JUNE 17, 2019. DARYL DOUCET
RED FOX KIT. JUNE 17, 2019. ALDO DORIO
RED FOX KIT. JUNE 17, 2019. ALDO DORIO
RED FOX PARENT. JUNE 17, 2019. ALDO DORIO
RED FOX PARENT. JUNE 17, 2019. ALDO DORIO
