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Nov 28, 2021 (Sunday)
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**Lynda Leclerc’s back yard suddenly
had an explosion of birds when the sun came out. Things had been quiet most of
the week and suddenly Saturday morning a huge flock of American Robins
came to the Mountain Ash in her neighbour’s yard with many overflowing into her
Mountain Ash. Then a flock of American Goldfinch with a few Purple
Finches arrived enjoying the seeds on her Ivory Silk Lilac Tree. One single
European Starling had a few berries from her Mountain Ash. Meanwhile, Blue Jays
and Black-capped Chickadees enjoyed the bird feeders and the Mourning Doves
cleaned up the leftovers on the ground. Then suddenly they all took off. A very
enjoyable scene on a sunny morning after a long dreary week.
**Saturday’s rough weather did
not deter Aldo Dorio from checking out Hay Island. He was able to get
documentary photos of approximately 40 recently arrived Long-tailed Ducks that were very actively diving for food. They
appear to be of mixed gender and possibly some young-of-the-year birds.
**Brian Stone
stayed home on Saturday but still managed to photograph a few birds in his back
yard. A small DOWNY WOODPECKER landed on Brian's back yard shrub and
then flew to the wooden seat on his back deck. From there it flew up to the
side of his kitchen window where it pecked noisily for insects. In the yard
there was a group of 7 AMERICAN ROBINS foraging on the lawn and Brian
saw some get large worms from the grass and then they went back to the Mountain
Ash tree to resume feeding on the few berries that were left (galloping
gourmets-berries need a protein additive). A couple BLUE JAYS were also
searching in the yard for lunch but were too far off to get a decent photo
through the glass of the window.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
