NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, April
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** Wednesday was different for Gordon Rattray at his Weldon feeder yard starting with a flock of EVENING GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec errant] (about 40) that stayed in the trees of the yard and he still has 4 COMMON REDPOLLS [Sizerin flammé]. As with others his DARK-EYED JUNCO [Junco ardoisé] numbers are above normal, and his SONG SPARROWS [Bruant chanteur] are daily at 5. Wednesday afternoon Gordon was bombed by a flock of COMMON GRACKLES [Quiscale bronzé] that numbered above 100 (too many to count). They visited several times cleaning up every kernel they could find. There were some RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS [Carouge à épaulettes] with them and also one of those was a female. The whole flock was very jumpy and flew at the least motion detected.
Gordon also got a photo of a TURKEY VULTURE [Urubu à tête rouge] in
flight over the Hillsborough Wetlands Park on Wednesday.
** Pat Gibbs photographed more BLACK
SCOTERS [Macreuse noire] on the Petitcodiac River in the area of The Bend. Note
the photo of the bird with the wings spread showing the white area in the
primaries of the open wing. Pat also sends a photo of a COMMON MILKWEED pod
that did not split to release its seeds yet.
Pat watched 3 BALD EAGLES [Pygargue à tête
blanche] interact, 2 adults and an immature. The adult got prey in the pond
area of the marsh with an immature pursuing it appearing to be wishing to share
in the prey.
** Ray Thorne got a photo of a perched BARRED
OWL [Chouette rayée] in Petitcodiac on Wednesday during daylight. This owl
species is seen more in daylight hours than our other native species and the
female would be incubating eggs by this time.
** Aldo Dorio was able to get a photo
of a lone HORNED LARK [Alouette hausse-col] on Hay Island, as well as a pair of
GREATER SCAUP [Fuligule milouinan] swimming offshore on Wednesday.
Aldo also had an Eastern Phoebe visit
his Neguac home yard on Thursday morning.
** The warmth of Wednesday brought the
first MASON BEE that I have seen out of one of my Mason Bee houses. It was
still covered with earth out of the nest hole. The males are at the front of
the hole which usually contains 5 cells. You can see the white facial area to
suggest it is a male.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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