NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
February 23, 2024
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**The popular annual birdfeeder tour event outing will take place
today with details already announced. Contact number if necessary to join at any time of the
day is 506-866-2752
**Free bird nesting boxes are now
constructed and ready to go courtesy of our chief engineer Fred Richards. These
boxes are attractive to Tree Swallows and Eastern Bluebirds but are also
occasionally used by black-capped chickadees and Flying Squirrels.
The boxes are available in the
driveway of Nelson Poirier at 85 Mount Royal Blvd. in Moncton (near Jones Lake).
Simply drop by at any time that is convenient for you and feel free to take the
number of boxes you are able to care for.
It is important to advise Cathy Simon
at smittybatman@hotmail.com as Cathy wishes us to keep track of where the
boxes are and the success rate and occupants. Cathie would like to know your
name, email address, and the number of boxes you are caring for.
**Yolande LeBlanc reports there seems to be a changing
of the guard in her sparrow world at her Memramcook feeder yard. She has
not seen the winter plumage Chipping Sparrow in 2 days, nor the White-throated Sparrow.
On Thursday, a group visiting her yard saw and photographed a Swamp Sparrow,
and Yolande saw it again on Friday. There were 17 Tree Sparrows on Monday, a
record for Yolande! Dark-eyed Juncos are everywhere. She has not seen the Dickcissel she had a
week ago again.
(Editor’s note: a changing of the guard all right
but also sparrow central!)
**Brian Stone went for a drive in the
light rain on Friday afternoon and found two groups of White-tailed Deer in
the fields alongside Scott Rd. outside Salisbury and also saw 2 deer deep in
the woods where they were able to avoid the camera. One group was composed of
12 members and the other group had 8. No other wildlife presented itself for a photo,
but Brian was happy to see the deer enjoying the snow-free fields.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
