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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Sept 17, 2022 (Saturday)
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**John Inman had another 2 Baltimore Orioles go
through his Harvey, Albert County yard on Friday. John’s photo of one of them really
shows the variability we see with immature birds and females of this species at this time of
year.
John also got a quick photo
of a Wilson's Warbler showing very little plumage change from spring.
John comments that the little birds are not sitting long enough for good photos with a Cooper’s Hawk monitoring the yard which took a swipe at a Grey
Squirrel unsuccessfully.
**Lois Budd was in the right
place at the right time to spend 1 ½ hours watching an immature Northern
Goshawk enjoy its chicken dinner in a friend's chicken fenced area on
Friday.
It gave Lois plenty of time
to capture an excellent photo and demonstrates the shear takedown power of this
raptor as the prey appears larger than the predator.
Later a suspected Common
Yellowthroat Warbler stopped to visit outside Lois’s home dining room
window.
**It is
that time of year when the vast majority of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds will
have left us heading on their southerly migration.
Yolande
LeBlanc in Memramcook had a lone Ruby-throated Hummingbird drop by one
of her 3 feeders on Friday, September 16.
It is
always indicated to keep one hummingbird feeder up and serviced to allow any
late stragglers to fuel up and also allow the possibility of uncommon/rare species of
hummingbirds to make a stop. New Brunswick has had some very interesting
species of hummingbird pay visits very late in the season.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton