NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, May
06, 2021 (Thursday)
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Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Aldo Dorio was able to locate the GARGANEY
[Sarcelle d’été] still at the same location on Hay Island on Wednesday morning.
It is great to know that it is still present. (Editor’s note: Aldo reports
the Garganey there at 7:00 AM Thursday morning in heavy rain) Reports were
coming in on one of the birding chat lines as late as 6:30 pm on Wednesday
confirming that the Garganey was still there.
Aldo also got a photograph of a pair of AMERICAN
WIGEON [Canard d'Amérique] as well as an adult male BLACK SCOTER [Macreuse
noire] on land showing its legs and feet that we do not often see. Note how far
back on the body of this pelagic species that the legs are set to make it much
better at diving and doing its running take off from water.
** Brian Stone sends a few more
pictures from his Garganey trip to Hay Island on Tuesday. While waiting for the
Garganey to present itself at a photographable distance Brian kept busy making
images of RING-BILLED GULLS [Goéland à bec cerclé] flying close overhead and of
an OSPREY [Balbuzard pêcheur] and a GREAT BLUE HERON [Grand Héron] hunting. He
also got a cell phone shot of a thin SOLAR HALO with attendant SUN DOGS before
leaving for his trip on Tuesday.
It is a good chance to look closely at
the white windows on the primary feather tips of the Ring-billed Gull in Brian’s
photos to compare it to those of the Common Gull we occasionally see in winter
with similar windows but more extensive. The dark eye of the Common Gull is
another differential clue but sometimes not as clearly seen as the windows in flight.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
