Nature Moncton Nature News: November 6 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

November 6, 2023

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** Jamie Burris had a Carolina Wren arrive to his Riverview yard midmorning on Sunday which was a new bird for their yard.

The Carolina Wren is always a prize patron. It is not common in New Brunswick, but we do have breeding records, so it may be expanding its range. Its year-round range is along the Atlantic coast to Florida, extending to the Midwestern US.

It can be very vocal and sings all year as noted when a pair overwintered in Riverview several years ago.

**Frank Branch and Michel Roy spotted and photographed a female Red-bellied Woodpecker at Wilson Point on Miscou Island on Friday.

They had a very good day tallying 47 species on Miscou and finished their trip with 58 species before returning home.

**The Snow Buntings are moving in nicely for their winter vacation with us. Elaine Gallant photographed a very cooperative one at the Robichaud Wharf on Friday.

**Scaup are starting to show up at this time of year in many parts of New Brunswick.

Aldo Dorio noted a group of 8 off Hay Island on Sunday and photographed a female Greater Scaup.

**Nelson Poirier had a surprise visitor on Sunday morning when a juvenile male Dickcissel joined a group of American Goldfinch. The signature features of a yellowish eyebrow, thick bill, and chestnut wing coverts show distinctly. The summer breeding range of the Dickcissel includes the middle sector of the US. It migrates south into Mexico and Central America in winter, so is far from home.

The Dickcissel is uncommon in New Brunswick but regular, tending to show up at feeder yards somewhere in New Brunswick each year.

A Chipping Sparrow also visited, looking a bit tattered and showing some of its changes into winter plumage. Note the bicoloured bill.

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