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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 the activity, scroll down to the first large image,
which shows what is happening in real time.
**The female peregrine
falcon is mantling over her egg cargo as she incubates them this morning and she may not reveal until later in the day whether there are any new arrivals or
not.
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Ted Sears in St. Martins
was cleaning out his bird boxes Tuesday. While driving from one, he came across
an American woodcock crossing the road doing its moon walk. Ted comments,
“had a police officer made it take a sobriety test and walk the yellow
line, it never would have passed!”
**The amphibians are
making their debut.
Issac Acker was able to
photograph (in Riverview) a blue spotted salamander, a yellow-spotted salamander,
a spring peeper, and get an excellent photograph of the more uncommon four-toed
salamander.
Isaac comments that he has
heard wood frog, northern leopard frog, and spring peeper so far, and he has seen some red-backed
salamanders and has heard some owl and coyote vocalizations.
**Brian Coyle had the pleasant opportunity to watch a male northern flicker drum and call, atop a dead tree in his backyard on Tuesday afternoon.
Brian was able to capture
an excellent video that clearly lets us hear the vocalization and drumming sound of
the northern flicker. It’s a classic. Check it out at the link below:
**Jane LeBlanc in St.
Martins had not one but three yellow-bellied sapsuckers in her yard today: a
male, a female, and a juvenile. That’s performance!
(Editor’s note: Jane’s
photograph of the juvenile sapsucker [second summer bird] is considered an
anomaly. Normally, the young-of-the-year yellow-bellied sapsucker takes on its
adult plumage by late winter at the latest. It is expected that the bird Jane photographed
will soon be molting into its adult plumage.)
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
