Nature Moncton Nature News: Feb 1 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

Feb 1, 2023

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**John Inman just put another half an apple out with grape jelly for his Baltimore Oriole and just got in the house, and an American Robin pounced on it and wolfed down the grape jelly. Looks like a trip to town for more grape jelly and cherry jam!

**Jamie Burris had not one but 2 White-throated Sparrows in the backyard Tuesday morning. The new one is not as colourful and has more streaking on the breast, thus assuming it may be a first-year bird. Both enjoy the seed bell and feeding on the ground.

**With the last day of January in the rear-view mirror, Georges Brun offers a photo of what we can look forward to down the road!

**Nelson Poirier was on a mission to the St. Andrews area on Tuesday and, with a snowstorm in progress, thought his chances of an audience with the now famous Brewer's Sparrow may be a long shot but the stars aligned! The beauty was there and cooperated for a few photographs not seeming to mind the blowing snow.

As the weather cleared in the afternoon, a quick visit to the St. Andrews wharf netted a handsome male Bufflehead and a Common Loon in non-breeding winter plumage.

A visit to the nearby Waweig Road quickly found some roaming Wild Turkeys and others feeding in the yard of a home along that road.

At the same time, Pine Grosbeaks were noted appearing to nip buds from trees, and some were on the roadside edge working exposed gravel.

It surely was one of those days!!!

**The New Brunswick Environmental Network publishes a list of events they are aware of happening each month. That list for the month of February is below. Clicking on the event opens up the details and in some cases links to join in.

The NBEN is proud to share information on upcoming events available to those interested in the environment. If you would like your event to appear in our monthly calendar email, please make sure to post it on our on-line calendar by logging into the Eco-Community and filling in the details here.