NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE Sept.
7, 2021 (Tuesday)
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Later
Louise went out to check the fields behind the Sackville Town garage. She had seen Gilles Belliveau posted one
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Sunday in those fields. When she got to the recently cut field she saw just one bird out there that
was indeed an American Golden Plover still retaining some of its breeding
plumage. It appeared to be the only bird
in the field. A good day close to home
for Louise!
**Leon
Gagnon sends some observations from Miscou Island and nearby Petit Shippagan. He saw RUDDY TURNSTONES near the
Miscou lighthouse, one wearing a leg band, clearly read as >4A and several
other Ruddy Turnstones near the gully located south of the large Wilson Point
dune. Some of the birds in Leon’s photos
are young-of-the-year birds not showing the orange legs but showing the scaly
plumage of the juvenile. The Ruddy
Turnstone uses its lightly upturned bill to flip aside rocks and pebbles.
Leon
is noting large groups of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, one group of
approximately 125 on a rocky island near the Miscou Lighthouse and a group of
approximately 300 on the jetty bordering the Petit Shippagan wharf located just
south of the Miscou bridge.
Leon
also had a GREATER YELLOWLEGS on the lawn of his Wilson Point cottage
after storm Ida which he notes is very unusual to see at that location.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
