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**Yvette
Richard had a busy birding day on Monday. A stop at the Sackville Waterfowl
Park provided AMERICAN WIGEON and MALLARD DUCKS, Cape Tormentine had a very
alert GREAT BLUE HERON with OSPREY en route, and McManus Pond in Memramcook
hosted several WOOD DUCKS some of them still in summer eclipse plumage but
others seemed to be well in process of taking on breeding plumage again.
**Another
photo of a young-of-the-year CEDAR WAXWING feasting on Chokecherry in her
Nelson Miramichi yard by Verica Leblanc.
This bird is seeming to start to molt to more mature plumage as there is
evidence of a blush of yellow on the chest area with streaking subsiding.
Verica
also includes a photo of a duo of SONG SPARROWS in the Chokecherry
tree as well checking out the possibilities, and a RED-EYED VIREO also
posed nicely.
**Aldo
Dorio sends images of a fall version of a GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Hay
Island showing it out of breeding plumage, however the green speculum flashes
nicely.
**Still,
lots of comments on later than normal RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS.
Bob
Blake reports they had a hummingbird come by on Monday and still lots of
reports on the Listservs. No unexpected
species of hummingbirds reported yet, but it is that time.
**On
Monday morning I heard a CHIPMUNK vocalizing from up a tree, a place
Chipmunks don’t often go being terrestrial.
When in a tree they tend to make a vocalization, we don’t often hear
which sure made me look back 25 to 30 years ago when I heard this call and
couldn’t decide what bird it could be. I
taped the vocalization and on a now very dated tape recorder and called Stu
Tingley (he used to answer calls in those days) and he said he recognized it
but couldn’t recall the source. A second
call to Dave Christie said, ‘It sounds like a chipmunk” to which I responded,
“Sure didn’t sound like the chipmunks I had heard before”. Dave responded, “They will make that call if
up in a tree.” Of course, Dave was right,
and I have heard it many times since. I
recorded a video of it. Turn up your
volume and take a listen to it at the attached link.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i2wr38ue11r84do/CHIPMUNK%20VOCALIZING.MP4?dl=0
**Am
adding a few mushroom specimens noted among the many fruiting at the
moment.
A
photo of the BRACELET CORT shows the bands on the stalk to make it a
relatively easy one to recognize. The
cobwebby partial veil of the Cortinarius group shows between the stalk and the
cap. It is not a suggested edible.
The
DYER’S POLYPORE is a relatively large mushroom that is known for its
chemical components sought after for dying fabrics to give interesting colour
tones.
The
BLUSHER is a member of the Amanita group that actually is not toxic but
not used as an edible due to its toxic relatives. It tends to have reddish blotches on it and
the enlarged base of the stalk characteristic of the Amanita genus.
A
few photos of the DESTROYING ANGEL are shown. This is our most toxic mushroom and is deadly
in amounts over 2 ounces. It tends to
grow singly or occasionally in duos. The
pure white and very large bulbous base, that is usually under the ground level is exposed in the photo to show it and
an attempt to show the draping like apron partial veil.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
