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**An enthusiastic group of
participants hooted with the owls at the Nature Moncton meeting on Tuesday
night.
The session was taped, and
a link will be available in the next few days for those who missed it and may
want to do a bit of hooting as well.
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(Editor’s note: This is a
fantastic weekend for any naturalist to take in with a wide array of field
trips and events for folks to enjoy. It is truly a highlight of the year
arranged by the Nature NB staff and if you’ve been to one, you will always be
back!)
**Shannon Inman got some
distant photos of common goldeneye on the river behind their Harvey home
(Crooked Creek), as well as female common goldeneye and Barrow's goldeneye.
Out in a field, Shannon
spotted a mother white-tailed deer administering discipline to her
teenage offspring!
**Common redpolls are
appearing at birdfeeder yards later in the season than they typically do,
possibly due to adequate accessible wild food.
Bob Blake reports they had
their first common redpoll of the year pop in on Monday, all alone and very
late this year for their yard.
**On this very
"green" Tuesday (yesterday), Brian Stone took some photos of the male
and female northern cardinal pair that are hanging out regularly in his
yard this year. He was also super lucky to get a photo of the extremely
rare, only seen once a year, very green, Saint Patrick's Cardinal! Brian
can't wait until next year when this rarity might make another
appearance, especially if the proper amounts of certain liquid
refreshments are consumed before having a look.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
