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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.
All is outwardly quiet in
the nest box this morning, but that could be a very different scenario any day!
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Frank Branch shares a
few photos of a plover that he and Michel Roy took at the wharf at Le
Goulet on Saturday afternoon. Frank was waiting for a 100% I.D. before sending
photos, but no one has been 100% confident so far.
(Editor’s note:
independent of what the final identification may be, this is a very significant
sighting in New Brunswick!)
**Jane LeBlanc in St.
Martins was alerted by her neighbour that he had a male Baltimore oriole in his
yard, so she went down. On the way, she saw a bald eagle on the ground near the
road being harassed by two crows, so she took photos out the car window.
Arriving at her neighbour's, she saw an orangey bird that didn't look like an
oriole. It flew but came back. She took photos, and Merlin said a summer
tanager? While she waited for it to come back, a little blue bird showed up
and stayed very briefly. An indigo bunting!! Then she noticed a female
rose-breasted grosbeak at one of the many feeders (she had missed the male
earlier in the week). The tanager came back, and she got a few fairly good
photos.
She never did see the
oriole!
**After searching for a barred
owl for many years, David Lilly finally found an owl on Tuesday. It was not
easy to spot. David approached to a distance that was good for his 500mm lens,
took a few photos, and then backed away.
On Tuesday's walk, David managed
to count 22 species of birds close in Oromocto.
.**John Inman reports he was hosting 100+ female red-winged blackbirds Tuesday morning. The ruby-throated hummingbirds have increased in number. Three male and one female rose-breasted grosbeak are present, and over 20 chipping sparrows. A merlin found a good time to check out the patrons.
A male bobolink was
in the elderberry behind the house, and the yard was full of blue jays and
blackbirds when the merlin came in. John hasn't seen it since.
A raven came in to steal the crow's sandwich, and the Baltimore orioles have started to arrive.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
