NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 21
December 2019 (Saturday)
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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by: Catherine Clements
Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Louise Nichols was driving along Etter Ridge Road on Friday morning and saw
a flock of approximately 30
CEDAR WAXWINGS [Jaseur d'Amérique] (no BOHEMIANS [Jaseur boréal] with them) in
the trees. They descended on a Mountain-ash tree
[Sorbier des oiseaux] and started feeding on the berries. Just down the
road at the intersection of Etter Ridge Road with Point de Bute, she saw a
MERLIN [Faucon émerillon] up in a tree, but it didn’t tarry long enough for a
photo. On her way back, also while driving on Etter Ridge, she saw a faint
rainbow in the sky, but not on a day she would expect to see a rainbow. It was
in the northwest sky, basically opposite the sun that was rising in the
southeast. She stopped and took a photo before it faded away. Rainbows always
form in opposition to the sun, that is to say, the sun at your back, in morning
or afternoon.
**Karen and Jamie Burris noted behaviour
that they had not noted before on Friday, when they observed a NORTHERN HARRIER
[Busard Saint-Martin] shadowing a mature BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche].
They pulled off the road at the Jones farm on Coverdale Road and watched it for
three minutes. As the Eagle would circle, the Harrier would follow it,
approximately 500 feet above. Jamie also has a regular SONG SPARROW [Bruant
chanteur] patron, and it was visiting their Riverview yard with 14 MOURNING
DOVES [Tourterelle triste] on Friday.
**Jane LeBlanc’s Mountain-ash [Sorbier des oiseaux] berry-laden trees in her St. Martins
yard are proving very popular with the local RUFFED GROUSE [Gélinotte
huppée]. There are now three feasting on a regular basis and giving nice photo
ops.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
RUFFED GROUSE. DEC. 20, 2019. JANE LEBLANC
CEDAR WAXWING . DEC. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS
CEDAR WAXWING . DEC. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS
CEDAR WAXWING . DEC. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS
SONG SPARROW DEC 13 2019 JAMIE BURRIS
RAINBOW. DEC. 20, 2019. LOUISE NICHOLS
