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by: Catherine Clements
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**Phil
Riebel shares an excellent photo of the moon as he saw it on Wednesday night,
April 28th, as he and Pam did their owl survey route on the Fraser Burchill
Road near Miramichi. One can clearly see all the craters that Galileo saw with
his primitive instruments in 1609-1610, to suspect they were seas, and named
them accordingly, the names of which still stand today.
**On
Thursday, April 28th, while driving to the Tucker Street Ducks Unlimited
impoundment, Brian Stone noted the tidal bore coming in as he crossed the
bridge, so he stopped on the Riverview side to get a cell phone video as it
passed. It was just past a full moon, which would have increased its force, but
highest tides occur just after new moons. Take a look at Brian’s video at the
link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/np0le1q78ie39r6/Tidal%20Bore%20April%2028%2C%202021%20%20.mp4?dl=0
**Louise
Nichols visited the Dieppe Marsh Thursday
afternoon. All was quite quiet and not much activity in the marsh with birds --
but the frogs were loud in places. I took a for the audio where one can hear a
chorus of Leopard Frogs, Spring Peepers, and American Toads harmonizing. One of
the beautiful sounds of spring! Take a listen at the attached link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wpk8tqntz0sr4f/Frog%20Sounds%20.MOV?dl=0
**So great to hear the observations of NORTHERN CARDINALS in the area. Georges Brun had a pair drop by his Moncton urban forest this past week looking like a bonded pair.
**Andrew
Akerley had a RUFFED GROUSE [Gélinotte huppée] strike their home. At the speed
this species flies, it usually is not a good ending when this species
accidentally strikes something. However, Andrew photographed the remains of
this bird to show the striking plumage of this bird, and the tail marking
details.
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