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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
May 12, 2025
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To
view the live feed of the Peregrine Falcon nest cam on the summit of Assumption
Place in Moncton, go to:
**An enthusiastic group of members and friends enjoyed a few hours on the windy trails of the Bell Street (Wilson) Marsh on Sunday. The group practiced their skills using the eBird and Merlin apps. Their eBird checklist included 30 species, most notably including scaup, American bittern, and sora.
**John Inman’s adult male Baltimore oriole
was joined by a second male that is a lot brighter, again showing the
variation in genders and level of maturity in the species.
On Sunday, John was again able to photograph
two new visitors, a female rose-breasted grosbeak and a male bobolink.
(Editor’s note: The bobolink is a special
visitor to a feeder yard, as feeder yard visits are few and far between for this
species. The plumage of the genders is very different, so hopefully someone
will have a female drop by a feeder yard to show the difference.)
**Richard and Jane Tarn noticed a snake along
the trail at the St. George marsh Sunday afternoon that they felt to be a garter
snake, but it was very copper coloured, which is not an expected colour of
a garter snake. The length was 2+ feet.
Consultation with others agreed it was indeed
a garter snake with the colour being an unexpected variation, but reported in
the literature.
**Christine Lever wants to let everyone know
that there is an exceptional documentary on PBS Maine at 10:00 p.m. ADT on
Wednesday. It's called My Garden of a Thousand Bees. It was made by a
nature videographer who was at home during COVID. He started to watch the bees
in his garden, and a world he had never seen before opened for him.
The photography is exceptional, and there is
so much to learn. Christine has watched it several times and will watch it
again on Wednesday.
Below is a link to the trailer for the
documentary.
https://youtu.be/0y0ji0FIBa0?si=qn6GsQmufeUZ1TUk
**Brian Stone sends photos from the Sunday
Nature Moncton outing to Wilson (Bell) Marsh. A pleasant walk in the intense,
cold wind revealed a large number of bird species. The favourite of the day was
the American bittern that ceased hiding in the reeds for 15 minutes to
let the group get some good observations, closely followed by a pair of eastern
kingbirds that were feeding at the edge of the water. A male belted
kingfisher was also cooperative and remained fishing (successfully) near
the trail for the viewers to enjoy. Several Canada goose families were
evident, and the gosling numbers varied from just one to at least eight in a
family.
Dozens of tree swallows were catching
insects with acrobatic maneuvers, and several savannah sparrows were
searching through the reeds on the side of the trail. Yellow-rumped warblers
were the most numerous birds and were present in high numbers. A high-flying
osprey, a scurrying wolf spider, a red-breasted merganser, a ring-necked
duck pair, and a pair of scaup joined the photo lineup as well.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
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