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**The March Nature
Moncton meeting is happening tonight, Tuesday evening, March 17, with a
presentation on owls. This presentation will be live at the Mapleton Lodge,
with Nature Moncton members and friends able to participate in person.
All details below:
**Nature Moncton March
Meeting
Owls are hooting in New
Brunswick
Date: March 17, at 7:00
PM
Place: Mapleton Park
Rotary Pavilion
Presenter: Nelson
Poirier
Many of us are more
familiar with our diurnal raptors but less familiar with those fascinating
raptors, the owls, that tend to work the night shift.
Seeing an owl is always a
special moment for any naturalist, seasoned birder, or neophyte.
Nelson Poirier invites us
all to spend a pleasant evening with the owls on March 17, sharing discussion
and photos to illustrate the life and times of these fascinating creatures.
Although Nelson does not
consider himself to be an owl expert, he has been around for a long time and
has had experiences with these creatures to share. In addition, he has attended every
presentation he could for many years to collect lots of information from
others.
Plan to share your
thoughts, ideas, and stories along with Nelson, so we can all learn more to
appreciate our resident owls and a few that visit us occasionally, as well as
some we can expect to drop by New Brunswick in the future.
All are welcome, Nature
Moncton member or not.
**John Inman also had a
couple of pine siskins visit his Harvey yard on Monday morning, as well
as a mourning dove with a previous head injury healing oddly.
John also got a very early
morning photo of a new bright rusty blackbird as well as a group of juvenile
male red-winged blackbirds which came in with a couple of females.
The red-tailed hawk was at its feeding dish, and before sunup, a few woodcocks were
giving vocal cackles in a nearby field.
**Wendy Sullivan
photographs a pleasant showing of common redpolls and American tree
sparrows to her Riverview feeder yard over the weekend.
**Nelson Poirier was
pleasantly surprised to see two pairs of northern cardinals loudly
vocalizing outside the door of his Riverview digs on Monday morning, just as the
day came on. They did not seem to be disputing territory unless it was being
done vocally.
Both genders of the
northern cardinal vocalize, with the male seeming to enjoy doing so from a
height.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
