NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, March, 2 2021 (Tuesday)
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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by Susan Richards susan_richards@rogers.com
Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Last call to Nature Moncton Virtual Feeder Tour on
tonight, Tuesday at 7 p.m. Anyone
anywhere can join in to hear and see bird feeder ideas, birds and comments at
the attached link. Set your phone clock
for 6:50 p.m. tonight, right now!
https://meet.google.com/hnq-hkkh-qjk
**As you may remember Brian Coyle came across a FISHER track/trails recently being certain it was a Fisher by the print size
and stride and also it just poked its face in front of his trail camera enough
to know for sure. If Brian’s camera had
just been tilted slightly to the right it would have caught the body. A Fisher in this area is uncommon but more
common in central to northern New Brunswick.
Take a look at the brief peek of the Fisher at the attached link.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k84xp3042vmlwoa/DSCF0008.AVI?dl=0
Also,
earlier in the season, Brian got some great footage of a sow BLACK BEAR [Ours noir]
nursing 3 playful cubs. Brian sends two
more videos that shows the sow Bear (the one with the cinnamon colour on the
snout) and a much larger boar Bear in another video. Check out the action at the links below.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ozioa60xe1p2mze/STC_0147.AVI?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xekq28aiothaprk/STC_0152.AVI?dl=0
These are all
captured by that same huge boulder in a field across from Brian’s home near the
woods edge. It seems to be a real
gathering point for several wildlife species that Brian’s trail camera has
captured aimed at that rock. One cannot
help but wonder how that large boulder arrived there in the first place with
seemingly broken off pieces around it.
On
Monday, Brian came across 2 WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de
Virginie] carcasses.
One was noted at the juncture of the Isaiah Road and Route 126 in the
field on the opposite side of the road from Isaiah Road. Not a great place to stop for photos but
Brian was able to get some still pictures of 3 BALD
EAGLES [Pygargue à tête blanche] at the
carcass. One is an adult with silt-stained
white tail from the Petitcodiac river banks, but the plumage on another shows
it as a subadult very likely to reach mature plumage this season and another
well into its third year from the bill colour.
Brian also spotted another White-Tailed Deer carcass that was apparently
struck by a train as it was near the road just off the railway tracks at the
crossing on Lower Mountain Road. RAVENS [Grand corbeau]
and Crows[corbeau] were at it but likely another eagle
target.
**Dale Gaskin reports he is getting a nice diversity
of patrons to his Dawson Settlement feeder yard, but something he is noting the
last few days caught his attention. He
has noted two different flocks of 25-30 PINE
GROSBEAK [Durbec des sapins] picking
at gravel along the roadside edge on his road and on the Pine Glen Road.
**There are still ample free swallow nest boxes
ready to go to be ready for the TREE
SWALLOW [Hirondelle bicolore] and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS [OISEAUX BLEU DE L'EST] to check out when they start arriving next month. Chief carpenter Fred Richards built a nice
supply this season. Anyone wanting some
can leave their name and they can be picked up in town, or if in the Taylor
Village area, at Fred Richards’ workshop.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton