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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.
Everything seems quite
quiet at the nest box again this morning, with incubation happening. It could be expected that the male will be arriving to provide food offerings while the female will be doing most of the incubation. Any screenshots would be welcome of any activity seen to share with those that might not be watching at the moment of delivery.
**https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Rosemonde Duguay
observed her first palm warbler for the year in Allardville on
Thursday to get a nice photo.
**Jane LeBlanc found a garter snake sunning itself on her driveway on Friday.
While driving a back road
near St. Martins, Jane found a pair of ring-necked ducks in a
pond that was high from recent rainfall.
Later,
Jane was sitting by her pond trying to get a photo of one of the wood frogs,
when she looked up and saw a yellow-rumped warbler... the first warbler
she has seen this year.
**John
Inman photographed a bright pine warbler on the suet on Friday.
The
local bald eagle and raven got into a dispute in his backyard, and
a pair of ring-necked ducks were enjoying some nearby open water.
A water strider was enjoying the warmth
of a dirty pond.
**On Friday evening,
Nelson Poirier and Brian Stone went on a salamander hunt. At the site they
went to, they found at least a dozen red-backed salamanders. At a
marshy pond, they heard a very loud spring chorus of spring peeper frogs with some wood frogs.
A few mosquitoes were
hovering around, but they didn't seem to be very ‘bitey’ yet.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
