Nature Moncton Nature News: June 4 2019

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, June 04, 2019 (Tuesday)

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

** Judy and Sterling Marsh came across a GRAY CATBIRD [Moqueur chat] being very vocal on Saturday at the old Keddy’s Motel site on the Shediac Rd. Judy and Sterling have come across some interesting items at that location. They were also treated to a pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS [Faucon pèlerin] soaring above their nest box on the summit of Assumption Place on Monday morning while waiting for the Moncton Public Library to open, seeing them from that site. They also dropped by Hillsborough on Monday to spot the usual suspects along with a pleasant pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL [Canard pilet] ducks.

** Peter and Deana Gadd visited Hyla Park in Fredericton North on May 30^th to find a pair of BALTIMORE ORIOLES [Oriole de Baltimore] tending to their nest. The bright male is obvious as to its gender but the female of the pair can be a bit tricky to distinguish from a first summer male without close observations. Two together at a nest makes it easier. Note their typical pendulum nest, often in an aspen as this one is. Peter comments “they made liberal use of strands of plastic”. Recycling at its best.

** Female ducks can be very cryptic and are well camouflaged when on their nest. Peter King got a photo of what appears to be a female MALLARD [Canard colvert] on her nest in dead grass at the Miramichi Marsh on May 23, 2019. Take a close look at Peter’s photo. You may have to stare for a moment to actually see the duck.

** Cornell University introduced a tube nest made from PVC pipe several years ago and I made several. One that is white PVC, on a background of White Birch, has been popular with BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES [Mésange à tête noire]. Even though it is right in front of us they come and go so swiftly in and out that you would never know that it is being used. A Red-breasted Nuthatch used one last year, again not even knowing it was in use until spotting some balsam around the bottom of the pole.

I am also attaching a photo of a YELLOW VIOLET that is not that common in New Brunswick. I transplanted one to plant in woods by our camp several years ago and it has flowered every year since. Several WILD COFFEE plants got the same scenario but they seem to have propagated several more.

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