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**Jane
LeBlanc got a great photo of a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER [Paruline
bleue] that visited her St Martin’s yard on Monday. The female plumage of the
Black-throated Blue Warbler is quite different, a more conservative brown with
a white supercilium but still the white “handkerchief” spot.
Jane also visited the St. George Marsh on
Friday to again get great photos of a HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING MOTH [Sphinx
colibri], which does seem very early for this day-flying hummingbird mimic. She
also got a photo of an AMERICAN BITTERN [Butor d'Amérique] in flight, and one
in among the foliage. It is a great time to look for the American Bittern
before the foliage comes on, and the St. George Marsh is a great place.
**Louise
Richard was pleased to have two RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS [Colibri à gorge
rubis] visit her Acadieville cabin yard on Friday. She also got a spring MOOSE
[Orignal] showing the denuded spots from rubbing/scratching off winter ticks,
which will be falling off now, to allow the sleek summer pelage to return.
**Clarence
Cormier had a visit from a BLUE-HEADED VIREO [Viréo à tête bleue] to his
Grande-Digue site on Friday, to catch a photograph as it hopped about, emitting
its beautiful vocalization. The last time he saw one on his property was in
2014.
**At
6:45 on Thursday, Robin Thurlow spotted a whale in Lime Kiln Bay (the bay
adjacent to the location of the Grand Manan ferry terminal near Blacks
Harbour). It was small and had no apparent dorsal fin. It raised its flukes out
of the water twice that they saw, which made them think it was not a MINKE [Petit Rorqual]. It
looked too small to be a HUMPBACK [Rorqual à bosse]. Perhaps a RIGHT WHALE
[Baleine franche], though Robin says that she has never seen one before.
Furthermore, they have not in the 7 years that they have lived there seen a
whale in this bay, and they have never seen a whale even close to this early in
the year. There was no visible spout spray. It was well into the harbour, and
when they spotted it, it appeared to be making its way out of the harbour
again. Two documentary photos using a cell phone camera are attached.
**It
seems almost unprecedented the number of MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLIES [Morio]
appearing this spring. Aldo Dorio is noting them on Hay Island.
**The SNOWSHOE HARE [Lièvre d'Amérique]
will vary a lot in abundance in different years and at different sites, being
very cyclical. I have seen very few this year in travelling the usual
haunts that I see them in, but Louise Nichols reports that there seems to be
lots of them on their Aulac property.
**Brian
Stone went to the Tucker Street ponds in Upper Coverdale on Friday to see what
might be present, but the spot was fairly empty of birds. He took some photos
of the TREE SWALLOWS [Hirondelle bicolore], NORTHERN SHOVELER [Canard souchet],
GREEN-WINGED TEAL [Sarcelle d'hiver], SAVANNAH SPARROW [Bruant des prés], a
moth, COLTSFOOT [Pas-d'âne] gone to seed, and one CANADA GOOSE [Bernache du
Canada] family with goslings. The other Canada Geese there are still sitting on
the nest, with no more goslings being seen. Some MALLARD DUCKS [Canard colvert]
were there, but Brian did not see anything else.
Brian
also tonight got a photo of Mercury at one of its higher apparitions, next to a
star (98 Tau) from the constellation of Taurus, and the 10% waxing crescent
Moon. Mercury was not close enough to the Moon for a good photo of them
together so he just added it in to a composite image.
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