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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Feb. 7, 2022 (Monday)
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Many
reports of American Robins came in on Saturday, seemingly much more so than the
past days. One has to wonder if it is just coincidence or are more robins
moving into the area?
Whatever the reason it is pleasant to enjoy them midwinter!
** Jane LeBlanc in St. Martins put more Mountain Ash
berries out after the last storm. Her lone American Robin came back, and
she was able to photograph it enjoying the prize.
Jane and Ed LeBlanc also heard a thump Saturday night
just after supper and went upstairs to see what it was. They looked out the window
to see a Ruffed Grouse sitting on the roof over their deck. It must have
hit the side of the house and bounced. It was sitting and looking around,
giving Jane a photo op. It flew to the birch tree shortly after.
**The American Robins just seem to keep on
coming. Georges Brun came across some buddying up with Snow Buntings on
the marsh between Château Moncton and the A&W location in the drifting snow
of Saturday.
**Angela
Aucoin also got a photograph of an American Robin enjoying berries in
their Sainte-Marie-de-Kent yard commenting that many robins are being seen in
their area this winter as so many others are noting as well.
Attila
Fust got a documentary photo of a Sharp-shinned Hawk with a suspected
robin as prey. By the time Attila went to check, crows had swooped in to take
the remnants. Mother Nature’s community wastes nothing.
**Still
more robin reports. Peggy Barnett on Johnson Avenue in Moncton was surprised to spot no less than 12 American Robins in her birdbath on Saturday. Water is a very
important resource for birds in the cold weather. I didn’t have them by the
dozen on Saturday but had several single visits to the heated water supply.
Like
Jane LeBlanc, I put out Mountain Ash berries for the robins, but the local starlings seemed to
think I had put them out for them and promptly gobbled them up. My dog Sadie
has happily volunteered to let them know that was not the case on a second try!
**Daryl Doucet comments he has never seen so many robins
in the dead of winter like this, with this much snow, as he has seen in the
last few days in the Gorge Road area. He noted at least 50-60 just Saturday while
going to the grocery store. Flocks of them!
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
