Nature Moncton Nature News: May 3 2022

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

May 3, 2022 (Tuesday)

To respond by e-mail, please address your message to the information line editor, nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com .

Please advise the editor at nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com if any errors are noted in wording or photo labelling.

For more information on Nature Moncton, check the website at www.naturemoncton.com

Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

**Georges Brun shares a photo of a Red Fox he photographed on the Riverview Marsh doing its classic leap for prey.

Georges comments he sees a Northern Harrier in that location frequently as well. He has seen no evidence of Short-eared Owls for some time.

Georges also comments he sees the Peregrine Falcons tending their nest atop Assumption Place regularly.

**Brian Stone visited Petit Cap wharf and Niles St. wharf on Sunday and experienced high winds, rain, mist, and snow ... sometimes all together at the same time. At Petit Cap he photographed an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull resting and hiding from the weather in a large group of gulls on the shore. At Niles St. wharf Brian saw few gulls but got photos of a group of about 40 Common Eiders flying past and some Double-crested Cormorants resting on the rocks. Along Route 133 more cormorants were seen relaxing on some old wharf pilings.

**Brian Stone took advantage of the great weather on Monday and drove through Penobsquis and McCully to photograph wildlife in the better light. Some of his subjects were backlit though, so needed more adjusting than he would have preferred. Posing for the camera were Bald Eagles, Eastern Phoebes, Eastern Bluebirds, a Chipping Sparrow, Greater Yellowlegs, an Osprey, and a cooperative American Bittern. Other wildlife photographed was a Muskrat and in the plant department what looks like Watercress was filling a ditch along the Back Rd. between Penobsqis and McCully.

**Nelson and Pat Poirier are very much enjoying the Flying Squirrel troup that are equally enjoying the camp birdfeeders, with a special preference for sunflower chips.

The Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Black-capped Chickadees are especially fond of bird pie. It has to be kept inside the open veranda because if put out on a tree, a complete package disappears in a day to put a strain on the bird feeding budget.

nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton