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**Louise Nichols took a
drive along High Marsh Rd. in Sackville earlier in the week to find some raptor
activity. She saw a total of five bald eagles, both adults and
juveniles, four northern harriers, two rough-legged hawks, and a merlin.
She attaches some documentary photos of a few of these birds. Although
bald eagles and northern harriers seem in good supply, Louise is not noticing
as many rough-legged hawks as usual for this time of year.
At her feeders, Louise has been getting the usual blue jays and black-capped chickadees, but has been happy to see two male northern cardinals show up a few times, often chasing one another. They appeared again on Friday morning, along with some dark-eyed juncos and evening grosbeaks.
**After noting Shannon
Inman’s photos showing their wares, Gart Bishop comments that he noted yarrow
still in bloom on November 24 and the foliage of common tansy right
beside it, still bright green.
**The American tree sparrow
is by no means an uncommon sparrow as they are frequent winter patrons at bird
feeders, especially if millet is on the menu, when they spend the winter vacation
with us in New Brunswick. They will leave us in the early spring to return to
their breeding grounds in the North. That bright yellow lower mandible is
the feature that stands out most for these “little brown birds” we often have
to take second looks at to identify.
Nelson Poirier shares a
photo of one of a small group that has already arrived at his feeder yard.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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