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The weather the past few
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**The link to the great
presentation many of us were able to enjoy on Tuesday night from Greg Jongsma
about the stellar effort the New Brunswick Museum makes every year with the
biota/bioblitz of a Protected Natural Area is now available at the link below:
**The weather the past few
days has not been particularly favourable for our local photographers, but
Leigh Eaton, who happens to be in Florida at the moment, is having some action.
He was pleased to have four wood
storks casually stroll in front of his picture window in Melbourne, Florida.
Wood storks are a rarity here in New Brunswick, but the few that are recorded
made for some very happy birders!
Leigh also noticed a great
blue heron exhibiting some strange activity that he had never seen before,
and he captured a video of the moment. Any comments would be welcome.
Check out the action in
the video link below:
**Jane and Ed LeBlanc from
St. Martins travelled to the Riverview Marsh hoping to see wildlife on
Wednesday. Before they got out of their car, they spotted a bald eagle
in a tree in someone's backyard. They walked the marsh from Hawthorne Park to
the fence at the end near the river and saw....NOTHING!! No fox, no coyote, no
owl. They then drove to the casino to look from that side, but it was snowing
so heavily by then that visibility was limited. They headed for home
disappointed. By the time they got to St. Martins, the sun was shining (as it
always does lol)
The LeBlanc's are not
having much luck in the Moncton area this winter!! Maybe they need a local
guide?
(Editor’s note: the bald eagle
Jane photographed appears to be quite serious about dressing its tail with Fundy
mud!)
**Action
would seem slow in the area at the moment, as Brian Stone comments he went over
Caledonia Mountain on Wednesday and Hillsborough Wetlands trail, but nothing
was seen.
Quiet now,
but we can rest assured that is going to change in a big way in a few short
months!
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
