NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, February
28, 2021 (Sunday)
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Transcript by: Louise Nichols nicholsl@eastlink.ca
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Carol Shea had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
[Épervier brun] visit her
Upham feeder yard on Saturday to check out the menu. It is quite well-hidden, but the hooded,
not-capped crown and neck suggest it over a Cooper’s Hawk. Note that it is an adult with the red eye and
transverse breast barring.
** Louise Nichols responds to the
comments on yesterday’s edition that SNOWSHOE HARE [Lièvre d'Amérique] numbers may seem down this year. This obviously varies by location as Louise
comments the woods around their Aulac home have lots of Snowshoe Hare tracks
and trails.
** Jane LeBlanc comments that it was so
pleasant to see the full Moon set on Saturday morning over the St. Martins
beach even though it was still daylight in the photo that Jane shares.
** Roger Leblanc advises that the
lineup for the virtual bird-feeding tour set for this coming Tuesday night at
7:00 is almost full, but always room for one more. A link will be posted in tomorrow’s edition
for anyone anywhere to join in to listen to the commentaries and see photos of
different favourite feeder set-ups and special birds. The formal write-up is attached below:
VIRTUAL BIRD
FEEDER TOUR
DATE: TUESDAY
MARCH 2, AT 7:00 PM
Because of the pandemic, Nature Moncton cannot offer
its beloved annual bird feeder tour which normally brings us together in
mid-winter for a day of birds, friendship and food. So this year, we’ve decided to offer a
virtual gathering which can at least bring us together online to share our
winter bird feeding experiences.
Our plan is to have about 6 or 7 presenters for this
event with each presentation taking no more than 10 minutes. So those of you who have good feeder yards,
send us some photos or videos of the action at your place. We would like to see your best photos of
birds that visit, especially any unusual feeder birds, but we would also like
to see your feeder set-up. Do you have a
special feeder that works well, or an arrangement of feeders that helps bring
in the desired birds while keeping the less desired out? Do you find a particular food more attractive
to certain species? Let us know how your
feeder system works, so we can all learn from each other’s successes!
If you are interested in participating in sharing your
feeder yard, please send your best photos or videos to Roger Leblanc at parus@nb.sympatico.ca,
no later than midnight on February 27th. Roger will put all material received together
in a PowerPoint presentation, so you will not have to worry about that. On the day of the virtual event, Fred
Richards will take care of the technical sharing of the PowerPoint, so all you
need to do is provide some commentary and stories about your material while
Fred is showing the visuals. As we would
like to limit each presentation to a maximum of 10 minutes, we ask that each
participant limit their number of photos/videos accordingly, perhaps to no more
than 10.
We cannot be together in person, but we can still come
together online and share our bird feeding adventures while enjoying some
coffee, hot chocolate, or a glass of wine in the comfort of our own homes!
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton