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(Editor’s note: the nest box does not look particularly inviting again this morning, with a layer of ice pellets within the nest. However, the peregrine falcon couple knows, as we do, that it's all about to change.
The pair have been in and out of the box the past few days, but seeing them there is hit and miss when checking the live view.)
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Snow conditions were
just right in Memramcook on Saturday for Yolande LeBlanc to photograph the
tracks/trail of a raccoon passing through her yard.
Note that each print
features the larger hind paw and the smaller front paw side-by-side (which
alternates), resulting in the characteristic gait of the raccoon when it is
walking to make the trail an easy one to identify.
**Jane LeBlanc had two fox
sparrows in her yard on Saturday. They are first she has seen this year. She
also had the northern cardinal pair, but only got a photo of the
male. She hasn't seen the female all winter, so she was happy to see her. She
also saw and heard killdeer when walking her dog near the marsh.
**John Inman comments that
a crow visits daily and sits on a limb looking in the window until it
gets its p and j sandwich, and it knows the difference between a sandwich
and a crust of bread!
A juvenile bald eagle
perched in the poplar in his front yard.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
