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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.
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
The peregrine falcon nest box
nestlings are now moving out of the box and back in. Anita Cannon noticed there
were only 2 nestlings in the box at 7:21 AM on Wednesday morning, but at 7:32
AM, the third had returned. At 8:05 AM, it made a second venture out!
**This week’s Nature Moncton Wednesday evening walk is postponed for tonight due to the weather prediction of thunder/lightning storm.
**Leigh Eaton shares a special moment with an Atlantic puffin that was posted on a UK site. It wasn’t taken in New Brunswick, but such a moment could happen here!
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1XTJp8QrjC/?mibextid=wwXIfr
As Brian was leaving the
lagoon area, a large flock of mixed ducks flew in and landed on
the second lagoon that included northern shovelers, American
wigeons, mallards, and green-winged teals. Back at
Brian's sister's place in Upham, he photographed a female red-winged blackbird,
some American goldfinches, and an acrobatic chipmunk that slid right into the
peanut feeder to collect the last nut for its larder.
**Nelson Poirier revisited a Miramichi burn-over on Sunday to find the black-backed woodpeckers are
moving in. Only one male was spotted on the last visit a week ago, but
several females were spotted on Monday. They are so cryptic against the black burnt snags (as one
photograph shows) that their cadence and vocalization were the only way to
locate them unless one flew. All the individuals that could be photographed
appeared to be females.
The burn-over site had
thousands of liverworts of the species common liverwort a.k.a. umbrella
liverwort (Polymorpha marchantia), which was the first green growth noted a few
weeks ago.
**Nelson Poirier had to
stop and photograph the impressive lupine display along the remote side road in
the Miramichi area on Monday.
The lupine is not native
to New Brunswick but was introduced from Western North America and Europe. It
liked what it found to the point that some consider it invasive. Independent of
that, it certainly can put on an impressive display on a remote clay roadside!
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
