NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 07, 2021 (Wednesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Stella Leblanc was alerted by Anise Boucher
that she had seen 2 owls in the Bouctouche area. Stella went out with her and
saw the owls to find that they were GREAT
HORNED OWLS. One of them was a fledgling but they could not get good photos
as they were sitting in trees away from the camera. Jean Paul and Stella went
back later and were able to get a few photos, but only the fledgling was
present.
** The NORTHERN CARDINAL can have multiple broods in a season and it would
appear that may be happening at Yolande Leblanc’s site in Memramcook. She is
seeing already fledged birds feeding on their own and has seen a male almost
constantly feeding an adult female to suggest a breeding ritual and a second
nesting. All great news for a population build up of cardinals in the
Memramcook area. The newly fledged birds will look like females at first except
for flesh coloured beaks which will not turn red until the fall as well as the
black mask.
** Aldo Dorio was able to photograph an
OSPREY with its prize catch of a
nice sized fish of an uncertain identification. It was no doubt en route to
very happy nestlings.
** Anna Tucker enjoyed hearing a pair
of HOUSE FINCHES singing as she was
in the area of Church and Main streets in Moncton on Monday. The House Finch is
a very urban bird and seems to like only being within larger towns and cities.
The male in Anna’s photo is quite bright. The male plumage seems to vary
whereas the more conservatively plumaged female is more consistent.
** Louise Nichols is getting rewarding
activity around her trail camera of late to include PORCUPINES, RACCOONS,
lots of SNOWSHOE HARES, BOBCATS, WHITE-TAILED DEER, BLACK
BEAR, and one she felt was the gangly legs of a young MOOSE. Take a look at the action below. One shows a Black Bear
tearing down the camera. I have heard from several others that for some reason
Black Bears seem to do this on a regular basis, feeling that it may be because
of the human scent or in some trail cameras where the red light comes on when a
photo is taken and it attracts their attention. Black Bears are regular at my
own trail camera but have never investigated it and I am not sure why. Louise’s
catches are at the links below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vjbfdibhs5qx8bp/BOBCAT.%20JUNE%2023%2C%202021.%20LOUISE%20NICHOLS.AVI?dl=0
** The Tuesday Night Nature Moncton
Walk went off well on Tuesday night under pleasant weather conditions at the
Tankville trails of the Irishtown Nature Park led by Roger Leblanc. Birds were
relatively few except for an eventide VEERY
and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER that
checked the group out that Susan Richards got a photo of. Many flowering plants
some in berry, ferns, and trees were met. Many photos were taken that will
appear over the next few editions.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
