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**An adult male scissor-tailed
flycatcher was first reported by Alain Clavette on October 25th, and
Marbeth Wilson was nearby and quickly arrived at a farm in Cape Tormentine
where the bird was busy flycatching off power lines.
(Editor’s note: This is an
uncommon vagrant visitor to New Brunswick. It is far from its breeding grounds
in the mid-southern US. When it does show up in New Brunswick, it often stays
near where it was first spotted if its insect quarry remains available.)
Marbeth Wilson was
photographing a male northern cardinal in the Hillsborough area on Friday and was
pleasantly surprised when a northern mockingbird appeared at the same
site and allowed a photograph.
**Shannon Inman spotted a
young-of-the-year white-tailed deer crossing a field to catch up with
its mother, while a bald eagle surveyed the scene.
Near their Harvey home, a
small group of shorebirds was on the Shepody River shoreline, too far
away to identify.
SHOREBIRDS. OCT 25, 2026. JOHN INMAN
A paper wasp also got
photographed.
They had a brief visit
from a northern cardinal, but no chance to photograph it after a sharp-shinned hawk
moved in.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
