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**Jane
LeBlanc had her regular patrons in the yard on Sunday, including the white-throated
sparrow, purple finch, and dark-eyed junco. She also reports the
sharp-shinned hawk was back briefly....and successfully (finally). The action
was so quick that Jane saw but didn't get photos. The hawk swooped
sideways into the bird feeder and got something small...either a junco or
chickadee.
**Shannon Inman came across a hanging bottle feeder in the woods, and a red squirrel was
quite content feeding in it and swinging in the wind.
Behind
their house, the tidal mud of the Shepody River was frozen hard in the
bitter cold.
The
white-tailed deer, crows, the red-tailed hawk, and smaller birds were
all feeding fervently, as they seemed to sense a storm coming.
**Snow
buntings often start to think about checking out urban feeder yards about this
time of year.
They
are on schedule, and a flock of snow buntings has started checking out
the ground menu at the Renton’s birdfeeder yard in Stilesville.
Lorri
Stevenson photographed a content group on Sunday, as well as a black-capped
chickadee enjoying peanut butter.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
