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**The camera on the peregrine
falcon nest box on the summit of Assumption Place is now live. When
checking the link to watch activity, scroll down to the first large image which
shows what is happening in real time. By scrolling down a bit further, you will
see recent images from the past few days which shows that the adult birds have
been visiting the nest box and have created a scrape depression in the gravel
so activity is expected any moment with that first egg!
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**As part of Riverview's
Maplefest, Nature Moncton presented a Beginner Birder Workshop on Sunday
March 29th. Twenty enthusiastic participants took part in this event. The
program included an instructional component featuring the Merlin bird
identification app. Then the eager budding birders had hands on
experience using Merlin during a walk in Mill Creek looking for birds.
**Yvette Richard comments
she rarely sees a white-breasted nuthatch at her feeders. She got a nice
photograph of the undertail ID feature.
Yvette is pleased to have
her northern cardinals continue their daily visits
**Gordon Rattray’s feeder yard
got very busy this weekend with new arrivals and regulars showing up in
numbers. American robins were in a flock of about 100, and grazed lawns for two days. For only the second time this year Gordon had a visit from a male northern
cardinal who was around both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday morning, he
sang from the top of a high spruce tree for about an hour and then dropped in
to feed at the feeders. Purple finch came in numbers on Sunday with
several males and females. A female red-bellied woodpecker made a visit
to the suet feeder. Gordon has two crows visiting most days to their own
feeder station; he believes they are the nesting pair from last year as they
have been around all winter. Gordon had a single snow bunting as well as
a single song sparrow.
Yard list for the weekend:
American crow, American goldfinch, American robin, blue jay, mourning dove,
northern cardinal, pine siskin, purple finch, red-bellied woodpecker, red-breasted
nuthatch, snow bunting and song sparrow.
Also present but no photos- red-winged blackbirds and common grackles.
Gordon is hearing territorial calls of the black-capped chickadees and the mourning doves
**Jane and Ed LeBlanc in
St. Martins had a lone turkey vulture fly right overhead as they
approached the marsh on a walk with the dog.
**Maureen Girvan
photographed a duo of Canada geese seemingly a bit impatient that the
Centennial Park pond was still ice covered as of Saturday.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
