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Saturday 17 September 2022

Sept 17 2022

NATURE 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.

 

 

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NORTHERN GOSHAWK (IMMATURE). SEPT 16, 2022. LOIS BUDD

WILSON'S WARBLER. SEPT 16, 2022. JOHN INMAN

BALTIMORE ORIOLE. SEPT 16, 2022. JOHN INMAN

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WARBLER. SEPT 16, 2022. LOIS BUDD

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT WARBLER. SEPT 16, 2022. LOIS BUDD

GREY SQUIRREL. SEPT 16, 2022. JOHN INMAN