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**The December Nature
Moncton meeting on shorebirds will take place tonight
Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock
virtually. All details in the write up below. Set your mobile phone alarm right
now.
Nature
Moncton December meeting
December 14,
2021. 7:00 PM
Shorebird
Investigations: Past, Present, and Future
Presenters:
Diana Hamilton and Julie Paquet
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82543051296?pwd=c1R2QzBjOXNtVzhmZ3BuVVJZdVJLdz09
It’s
December, but shorebirds – and all the joy they gave us in late summer and fall
-- are still fresh in our minds.
While we as
naturalists watch the amazing shorebird migration on our doorsteps, some
dedicated observers are out there seriously studying and monitoring shorebird
migration. In fact, many of us have probably taken note of – and photographed –
tagged shorebirds at sites such as Petit-cap, not knowing the work and study
that is behind all the tagged birds.
The December
Nature Moncton meeting will present a tag team duo featuring two of the best: Diana Hamilton and Julie Paquet. Julie is the Atlantic Region Shorebird Biologist for the Canadian
Wildlife Service. Diana is a professor and the current head of the Biology
Department at Mount Allison University.
Their
presentation will include an introduction to migratory shorebird use of the
region, a summary of the past work they have done, discussion of current
questions being addressed and their plans for the immediate future. Finally,
they will comment on their big scale goals and the many ways their work is
relevant to conservation in the region.
As
naturalists, we don’t usually get a real look at what is going on behind the
scenes.
Diana and
Julie will have a lot of information of great interest to share.
A don’t
miss presentation!
The zoom
link open to anyone anywhere will be:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82543051296?pwd=c1R2QzBjOXNtVzhmZ3BuVVJZdVJLdz09
**Aldo Dorio was able to capture some interesting photos at the Neguac
wharf on Monday morning. One photo shows a female Purple Finch clearly seeking out the seeds of what appears to be
winter clinging Crabapple.
Another photo shows the clear wing markings and cinnamon under tail
coverts of a pair of Bohemian Waxwings.
Aldo also got another interesting photo of a Snowy Owl at Hay Island on Monday. This will be an easy one to
follow as it is has darkly barred plumaged with an apparently damaged left eye.
**Christmas
Bird Coordinator Roger LeBlanc mentions it’s time to send out a reminder to
people for the CBC next Saturday, Dec 18. This would mainly be for feeder
counters since in the field, he is set.
If people
can help us out by counting their birds at feeders, they can get the info about
that on the web site www.naturemoncton.ca or by contacting Susan Atkinson
at susandatkinson@hotmail.com. All help would be greatly appreciated. Also,
the CBC count period starts Wednesday and since count week goes from 3 days
before and extends to 3 days after, the count day for Moncton count week would
be from Wednesday Dec 15 up to Tuesday Dec 21. If a bird is not seen on count
day but during count week it still goes onto the count. So, keep your eyes open
for those “rare” ones. Looking at the long forecast it does not look like we
will not have much snow from here to the 18th so things will probably be slower
at feeders (because birds still have lots of access to natural food sources)
but the fair weather might also help stranglers to survive so again let’s keep
our eyes open and report sightings.
**Yolande
LeBlanc also advises the
Memramcook-Hillsborough Christmas Bird Count will be held on Tuesday
December 21st. They could benefit from one or two seasoned birders to tag along
with the not-so-experienced participants. Unfortunately,
there will not be a gathering for the tally. Anyone wishing to participate has
to pre-register with Yolande at 758-9583, or yolandeleb@rogers.com.
This is a very interesting count
area with a diversity of habitat from coastal to inland, forest, and field.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
