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**Since the ducks have not
returned yet to Sackville, Deanna Fenwick has had to be satisfied with the
daily visitors at her feeders.
Over the last few weeks, she has had the
usuals - American goldfinches, black-capped chickadees, mourning doves, rock pigeons,
downy and hairy woodpeckers, a white-breasted nuthatch and a northern cardinal
couple that Deanna is delighted to say have been with her all winter. During
the last couple of weeks, she has also had both evening grosbeaks and pine grosbeaks,
dark-eyed juncos, common redpolls, and just this week the song sparrows have
returned. Last year Deanna was lucky to get a few warblers show up in early
spring so she is hopeful that will happen again!
**Jane LeBlanc had several
song sparrows in her yard on Saturday, as well as common grackles.
**John Inman photographed
a few (!) of the blackbirds that have been in his yard. He notes some
are heading north across the river when the peregrine falcon is not in sight.
John also took note of a common grackle with a deep purplish coloration
to its head (adult male?) and a red-winged blackbird and hairy
woodpecker having a squabble over the suet.
**On Saturday evening
Brian Stone went to a spot in the west end of Moncton and stood in the very
cold air to wait for the appearance of an American woodcock that
frequents the area. By the time the woodcock made an appearance it was too dark
for decent photography, but Brian did that anyway and also made a short video
to let viewers hear the woodcock's call. Turn the volume up to hear it
properly.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
