NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 30 January 2021 (Saturday)
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Transcript by:
Catherine Clements
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**Clarence Cormier submitted a photo of a tailless AMERICAN
TREE SPARROW [Bruant hudsonien] on January 9th that presumably had a narrow
escape. Clarence re-sends a photo of the same bird as of January 29th to show
new tail feathers moulting in 20 days later. Clarence has approximately 30
American Tree Sparrows as regulars, as well as 30+ COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin
flammé], along with other expected regulars including 10 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS
[Faisan de Colchide] (7 females and 3 males). It must be a great winter so far
for Ring-necked Pheasants.
**Annette and Brian Stone took advantage of a lower number
of people at Mapleton Park to check out the duck troupe, which is, as always,
near 100% MALLARD DUCKS [Canard colvert]. Annette did spot a male GREEN-WINGED
TEAL [Sarcelle d'hiver] tucked in with the Mallards, seemingly very peacefully
accepted. They only spotted the one MALLARD x BLACK DUCK hybrid [Canard colvert
x Canard noir]. A small flock of COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin flammé] was moving
about as well.
**Jane LeBlanc in St. Martin’s and I each have one SONG
SPARROW [Bruant chanteur] and one WHITE-THROATED SPARROW [Bruant à gorge
blanche], along with the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW [Bruant hudsonien] patrons. Jane
sends a photo of her White-throated Sparrow in full colour. My White-throated
Sparrow was very dull until approximately seven days ago, and I’m now seeing it
getting much brighter, with white head bands and throat much more fluorescent,
and the yellow lore enlarging. It prefers not to be photographed as yet. I’m
also suspecting some of the COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin flammé] are getting brighter
and noted SNOW BUNTINGS [Plectrophane des neiges] that Brian Stone photographed
recently seemed brighter. Maybe the increasing day length is the cue.
** Brian
Stone surely did due diligence Friday night to capture both a LUNAR CORONA and
a LUNAR HALO adorning the full Moon in the evening sky between 9:30-11:30 PM.
He nicely captured the visual difference with the colour and aureole (light
area in center) of the Lunar Corona and the wide 22° lack of bright colour arc
of the Lunar Halo. Scroll back to yesterday’s edition for more complete
explanation.
**Daryl Doucet came
across a FLOWERING CRAB TREE [Pommetier] very loaded with fruit, with a blend
of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS [Jaseur boréal], a handful of PINE GROSBEAKS [Durbec des
sapins], and several AMERICAN ROBINS [Merle d'Amérique]. I made a run to see
the action, to get treated to the trio of species with an empty camera case.
When I returned with the camera, only American Robins were still present, at 6
to 8. All seemed to be bright-chested males. The tree was off Frampton Lane.
**Fred Richards wants to remind the Nature Moncton
membership about a short (virtual) annual general meeting of Nature Moncton on
Tuesday evening, February 9th at 7 p.m. A quorum is needed for this business
side of Nature Moncton operations, and the slate of officers for the coming
year will be confirmed. As much attendance as possible is encouraged, to assure
Nature Moncton is in full operation for next year. The link to join in is
below.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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