NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 22 May 2021 (Saturday)
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by: Catherine Clements
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**Brian
Coyle was working down by the Salisbury wetlands on Friday, and he comments
there is so much bird activity that it was hard to get any work done. On Friday
he photographed a BALTIMORE ORIOLE [Oriole de Baltimore], but this time, not at
orange sections.
**Susan and Fred Richards went for a drive to
Reade's Nursery in Botsford Parish on Friday. There were several BARN
SWALLOWS flying into an old equipment shed but could not go into it to get a
good photo and of course they were flying too quickly to get a picture.
On route there was a NORTHERN HARRIER flying
around the building and field area. (Editor’s note: note the sharp white rump
patch, long tail, and flattened owl -like face to suggest Northern Harrier.
Genders have the same features but differing plumage colour)
They saw an OSPREY in a nest up a hydro pole
near Timber River on Route 960.
Alongside the road was a stream with MARSH
MARIGOLDS just outside of Cape Tormentine.
They also took a walk in the water on a beach
alongside the road the Baie Verte- it was very warm on Friday.
**Jacie Clark in Rothesay photographed a
pregnant WHITE-TAILED DEER in her yard in the pelage commonly known as piebald.
This pelage is uncommon, yet regular and appears to have no effect on the
well-being of the animal. A documentary photo is attached via Alma Beck.
**A continuation of Brian Stone’s and my day in a burn over: I suspect no one would ever tire of more BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER [Pic à dos noir] photos, so I am adding more today. We were surprised to encounter more females than males, as was assuming that females would be on nests by now. One perfect photo op of a male got stopped by a misplaced camera setting, but Brian was able to get one branch-bombed photo of a male and was able to capture that sharp yellow patch on the crown.
MOURNING
CLOAK BUTTERFLIES [Morio] were very numerous, but we did find one comma
butterfly, being an EASTERN COMMA [Polygone virgule](Edsall-confirmed). On both
views, one can see the two lower inner spots of the forewing show that the
second spot is barely showing, where the similar SATYR COMMA [Polygone satyre]
would have two distinct clear black spots there. See the arrow. NORTHERN AZURES
were quite frequent.
A call we hear up in the trees very commonly
at the moment is the OVENBIRD [Paruline couronnée]. We followed the call of one
and Brian got good photos of that. It seems this is the only time of year we
consistently see and hear Ovenbirds loudly, as the males seek out gender
relationships. They usually stay nearer ground later. A BLUE-HEADED VIREO
[Viréo à tête bleue] gave a nice photo op.
A
MOOSE [Orignal] showed all the areas of denuded hair where it had been rubbing
off WINTER TICKS [Tique d'hiver], and other denuded spots like ears that are
not possible to get at.
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