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January 15, 2025
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** Brian
Stone traveled the coast once more on Tuesday from Cap Lumiere to Shediac with
a focus on Saint-Edouard, hoping that the reported Common Gull would make an
appearance, but was disappointed once again. He did manage to find some
Long-tailed Ducks and Barrow's Goldeneye ducks to photograph but saw
little else that was close enough to shore to tempt the camera.
**Brian Stone photographed a gull, getting three flight shot
angles that needed further study. After a few days of closer study, Richard
Blacquiere and Nelson Poirier feel it to be a 2nd winter Kumlien’s
Iceland Gull. They both stand to be corrected and look forward to second
opinions.
**Nelson Poirier made a few whistle stops as he travelled
Route 11 on Tuesday making some similar stops to what Brian did earlier in the day. A
stop at the St. Edouard wharf with slim hopes of seeing the Common Gull did
cause a photo to be taken of a distant gull foraging the wrack line of the beach
that turned out to be an adult winter Ring-billed Gull as expected. An adult
male Common Eider did drop by the wharf for a brief visit.
At Pointe-du-Chene, a sundog peaked through the
clouds. There is a lot of heavy construction going on at this wharf that will likely keep birds away from the rock wall area.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature Moncton
