Nature Moncton Nature News: October 28 2024

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

October 28, 2024

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**John Inman was able to get a quick photo of a very special sparrow visitor on Sunday -- a Field sparrow as it dropped by to check the activity in his Harvey yard.

(Editor’s note: the Field sparrow is a rare to uncommon visitor to New Brunswick. The bold white eye ring and pink bill are quick ID clues. Its breeding range and year-round range is to the south of us in the southeast half of the US which is not that far distant. Will it become more common in New Brunswick as the climate warms??)

John also had two Baltimore Orioles make pitstops in his yard. One individual was brighter than the other to clearly indicate there were two separate birds.

One oriole seemed to pass through quickly while the second one stopped to enjoy some orange sections waiting.

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