NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
March 27, 2024
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The live feed to the Peregrine Falcon
nest box camera can be accessed at https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**On Wednesday at around noon, Brian Coyle spotted a
male Eastern Bluebird on a wire out in front of his Lower Mountain Rd. home and was able to get a documentary photo.
Brian has
had a nesting box on one of the telephone poles for a few years now and has had
Eastern Bluebirds nesting every year. This seems quite early, and they usually
just come around for a couple of days, then disappear, only to come back later
to nest.
(Editor’s note: the Eastern Bluebird does not
migrate very far south and has the potential to return earlier than many
southerly migrants. This early scout does remind us to get nest boxes up and
last season’s nest boxes cleaned out and ready for patron inspection.)
**It was a blustery Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning at Point Lepreau Bird Observatory. Wendy Rogers and Ruth Rogers enjoyed being there, despite the weather.
Not many migrating birds, but on the first day they saw a large flock of about 40-50 Purple Sandpipers (lifer for Wendy) and a Great Cormorant in flight.
On Tuesday there were five Harlequin Ducks (3m, 2f) and a Common Loon in the water in front of the observatory. Again, very few migrating birds.
Suddenly the visibility dropped and the drizzle started, so they didn’t stay the full time.
Norbert Dupuis had a flock of approximately 20 drop by his Memramcook East yard for a ten-minute stay. Norbert had seen one male and one female once for 10 seconds earlier this winter.
**The recorded versions of the March Nature Moncton meeting presentations are now available at the links below as separate links.
The first link very well presents Shaylyn Wallace’s presentation on amphibians and turtles in New Brunswick and is highly recommended if you were not able to attend.
The second link on the Tick Talk recorded well for the first
portion but some technical challenges affected the latter half
and the numerous questions from the audience are not
audible. This is a work in progress to correct this glitch for future presentations. This presentation will be given again to Nature Miramichi on May 7 and if the recorded version works, the link will be pasted on Nature News.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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