NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
November 24,
2022
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Jane LeBlanc in St. Martins is having a very good fall for yard birds.
Not only is the Red-bellied Woodpecker a daily visitor lately, but on Wednesday
she also had a very brief visit from a male and female Northern Cardinal.
A documentary photo was not good enough to share.
A pair of Bald
Eagles was spotted in West Quaco near St. Martins as well Wednesday morning.
**Georges
Brun with the helpful eye of Gisele
Rushton spotted a flock of approximately 40 Snow Buntings at the mouth of Halls Creek to Petitcodiac River on
Wednesday.
A Bald Eagle made a fly-by to try to sneak up on the gulls
who were following the Tidal Bore at the Bend of the Petitcodiac River to see
what the Tidal Bore may have brought up for them.
**A faux pas in yesterday’s report; Rosita Lanteigne in
Caraquet actually has a Northern Cardinal and a Red-bellied Woodpecker
both in her feeder yard. Lucky landlady!
**Nelson Poirier and Brian Stone travelled the coastline
from Cape Tormentine (Editor’s note: with the Snowy Owl spotted by the
Chignecto group on Saturday on the hit list; however, the winds were so extreme,
any owls were smarter than the birders and somewhere else!) to Shediac on
Tuesday and did not find many subjects to view and photograph but had some luck
at the Point-du-Chene enclosed marina area with a Red-throated Loon and
a 1st winter male Harlequin Duck that were diving and feeding
close enough for good photos.
At the Cap Brule lagoon many ducks were present but at
too great a distance for good viewing or photos. The duck assembly included scaup,
American Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, suspected Ruddy Duck, and
potentially other duck species.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
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