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Jan 5, 2022 (Wednesday)
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**Ed and Jane LeBlanc drove to the Tantramar Marsh on Tuesday, Jan. 4th, hoping to have an audience with a Snowy Owl (no luck).
They did
see 3 BALD EAGLES, 2 RING-NECKED PHEASANTS, and several raptors. Jane was able
to photograph 3 different light morph Rough-legged Hawks.
They also
came across a very debilitated Red Fox.
The fox was
sitting no more than 10 feet from the road, and didn't move when they stopped
the car and talked to it. When it looked at them, its eyes were almost fully
closed, and when it finally tried to run away, it limped badly on a front leg
that looked broken and had no fur at all on its tail and ear tips to suggest
sarcoptic mange as a factor with it's debilitation.
**Clarence Cormier attaches a photo of one of the two House Finches that dropped by his Grande Digue yard on Tuesday to
make species #117 to visit his property. House Finch normally visit rural yards
rarely, being very much city slickers. Their plumage can be quite variable as
Clarence’s example is. This possibly could be a young-of-the-year male taking
on adult plumage.
Besides
the Houses Finches: Clarence has 10 American Goldfinches, 12 American Tree
Sparrows, 1 Song Sparrow as regulars at his feeders...plus all the expected
Blue Jays, woodpeckers, 20+ Mourning Doves and a notable 50 to 100 American
Robins.
The
trees, especially Mountain Ash, are still
abundant with berries.
The
Nature trust of New Brunswick has one presentation planned for January with the
possibility of more to come. A reservation can be made for that presentation by
going to the attached website:
https://www.naturetrust.nb.ca/en/upcoming-events?view=calendar&month=01-2022
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
