NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, March
04, 2021 (Thursday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Carmella Melanson has 3 raptors that
visit her yard regularly … 2 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS [Épervier brun], an adult and
an immature, and 1 MERLIN [Faucon émerillon]. On Monday both Sharpies showed up
and the adult was successful in catching one of their many MOURNING DOVES
[Tourterelle triste]. Like a lot of folks she has a lot of activity in her
feeder yard this winter. In addition to the usual birds Carmella has 3 bonus birds
visiting. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW [Bruant à couronne blanche] has been visiting
daily since December 19th … a CHIPPING SPARROW [Bruant familier]
since December 21st … and a NORTHERN CARDINAL [Cardinal rouge] since
November 20th. As usual, Carmella’s photos are almost better than
being there!
** Brian Coyle was out to his trail
cameras on Wednesday and came upon some fairly fresh tracks given the recent
conditions. At first he thought he was looking at Fisher tracks again,
especially because it was in the exact same location that he had located a
Fisher recently, but slide marks began to appear and he quickly realized
that he was looking at a RIVER OTTER [Loutre de rivière] track/trail. He forgot
to measure them but they were very similar in size and appearance to Fisher
tracks. The slide was approximately 10 to 12 inches wide and was repeated over
and over again. The River Otter seems to very much enjoy sliding on the snow
surface when conditions are right and it is a great clue as to the creator of
the trail. It’s sort of like life “otter” be!
** Mac Wilmot put out Bobcat bait of
raw venison and BBQ chicken scraps with a trail camera aimed on it behind his
Lower Coverdale home by the Petitcodiac
River. No Bobcat yet, but a nice full furred RED FOX [Renard roux] came to
check it out as well as a SKUNK [Moufette]. Photos are attached.
** Krista Doyle got some nice photos of
2 northern species in her Lewis Mountain yard that I suspect will be filing
flight plans north by the end of the month. Note how fluorescent white the SNOW
BUNTINGS [Bruant des neiges] are becoming and those mature male COMMON REDPOLLS
[Sizerin flammé] surely are donning a bright vest.
** On Wednesday night the planet MARS
was the closest to the PLEIADES star cluster that it will get this year so
Brian Stone decided to be brave and go out in the cold wind and shoot the stars
and the planet hanging out together. He comments that he shouldn’t really
complain as Mars is a lot colder than he was shooting it. It is the closest
that the Pleiades star cluster and Mars will be until 2038 and Brian has plans
to re-photograph them then and compare them at that point. He can’t wait.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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