NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 19, 2021 (Thursday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Louise Nichols shares photos from
the Tuesday night outing to the Sackville Waterfowl Park. The dominant ducks
(rather non descriptive) were MALLARDS,
AMERICAN WIGEONS, RING-NECKED DUCKS, GADWALLS, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE in the distance. A few shorebirds (YELLOWLEGS) were at the park, lots of CEDAR WAXWINGS were around, and some RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS. A BELTED
KINGFISHER could be seen flying about.
The shorebird photos that Louise attaches are
from the retention pond in Sackville on St. James St. (off Lorne St.). There
were well over 200 shorebirds there on Tuesday … GREATER and LESSER
YELLOWLEGS with SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS mixed in. She checked back on Wednesday afternoon and there were
still a large number of shorebirds present.
Brian Stone also shares photos of shorebirds
finding the retention pond in Sackville quite to their liking.
** Verica Leblanc visited Escuminac on
Monday, August 16. While being amused with a family of SONG SPARROWS a GREAT BLUE
HERON suddenly appeared foraging on kelp rather than fish or water life,
and also a EUROPEAN STARLING posed in its non-breeding speckled plumage.
** Rosita Lanteigne located a juvenile BAIRD’S SANDPIPER at Four Roads. After
passing Inkerman towards Four Roads at the bog which is on the right look for a
dirt road on the left side which leads to the sea. Along this dirt road you
will see 2 mounds of peat and the sandpiper tends to stand in that vicinity.
** Dan Hicks reported a very large
gathering of EUROPEAN STARLINGS in
the HACKBERRY TREES that are planted
around the green space at Moncton City Hall at dusk. I checked it out on
Wednesday evening and the noise of the vocalizing birds was incredible with 500
plus birds. One would wonder why they would choose that particular site. Check
out the action at the link below, along with the volume.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ouvbfp2vi3qjbx/EUROPEAN%20STARLING%20GATHERING.MP4?dl=0
I am also attaching some photos of the very
thickly ribbed bark of the Hackberry tree and the leaves.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
