Jan 7, 2023
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**Fred
and Lynn Dube had a pleasant tagalong with their duck flock that visits cracked
corn in their driveway when a handsomely attired male Wood Duck joined
the troupe.
(Editor’s note: note the significantly smaller size
of the Wood Duck compared to the Mallard Ducks).
**Stella
LeBlanc noticed a Blue Jay with a defect in its beak that is a regular
patron at their Bouctouche feeders.
(Editor’s note: it is unfortunate for a bird when
this malalignment of the beak occurs. The lower mandible in this case will
continue to grow not having proper alignment to keep both upper and lower
mandible sharpened and from overgrowing).
**Louise
Nichols put her trail cam beside her bird feeder area on Thursday night to see
if some Flying Squirrels would show up. Sure enough, they did. The video
below shows one helping itself to the seeds on the ground with a second
squirrel on the right side of the video half hidden in the trunk of the tree.
Louise had about a dozen short videos of the squirrel action, so they were busy
Thursday night! Take a look at the action at the link below:
**Louise
Nichols checked to see if the Great Egret was still present in Sackville
and she found it in its usual spot, on the south end of the retention ponds. It
seemed in good shape and was still catching fish. Louise took a video of the
action:
**Brian Stone was driving through Riverview on
Friday afternoon when he noticed a crab apple fruit tree being stripped by a
group of 20 or more Pine Grosbeaks. He stopped briefly for a few photos
before moving on. (Editor’s note: male Pine Grosbeaks take two years to reach
their striking fuchsia plumage; however, they are in progress until then. A few of
Brian’s photos are very suggestive of males working on their adult plumage. One
can also see in Brian’s photos how the Pine Grosbeaks forage from the seed of
the fruit and discard the pulp).
**Elaine Gallant sends a note she has asked to
distribute to members “Thanks
to all the executive board members for their hard work and expertise.”
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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