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**Shannon Inman spotted four white-tailed deer on the road that quickly bounded away through the bulrushes at Lars Larsen Marsh in Harvey.
John comments that the
coyotes have been very vocal out in the fields in their area as it’s that time
of year when wildlife are thinking of spring, as has been pointed out in a few other
reports today.
John photographed what
seems to be newly arrived purple finch, which all happen to be male. He
has had a few purple finch of both genders over the winter, but this suggests
an advanced guard of males.
It’s that time of year
when it is not unusual to see a duo of red foxes together, as it is
mating time to prepare for spring litters. Georges was able to watch two individuals together, very actively and successfully
hunting.
He also spotted a coyote
hunting on the marsh, as well as a nearby song sparrow that he’s been
noting for the last few weeks.
An adult Bald Eagle
perched on the ice blocks on the far side of the river was showing its Fundy mud-stained
tail tip.
**Brian Stone spent the
last 5 days visiting family in Hampton, but got few photos to show for it.
During a walk in Dutch Point Park (in Hampton), he photographed a white-breasted
nuthatch and a red-breasted nuthatch in the same spot, and a golden-crowned
kinglet nearby. In the sky above, he noticed a rare display of Kelvin-Helmholtz
clouds, aka fluctus clouds, that have a wave-like appearance.
Brian shares a video of a
raven interacting with another raven that was just off-screen to the left. It
was making an odd sound that Brian had never heard before, but you need full
volume to make it out. Kind of a whiny wo wo sound. The other raven, off-screen,
was very noisy in response.
(Editor’s note: It is that
time of year when raven pairs are interacting, making pair bonds in preparation
for nesting which often occurs in March. It is not unusual to see them doing barrel rolls
and flips together in flight, which is part of the mating ritual.)
Listen carefully to a duo
of ravens as they vocalize to one another in the video clip below:
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
