Nature Miramichi:

FYI
Hazen Sweeney let me know yesterday that the trails around the ponds of Miramichi Marsh had been mowed and the areas around the benches were also cleared. Hazen sent along a photo of recently fledged Eastern Kingbirds.

Deana and I went over for a couple of hours this morning and had a very lovely walk. The trails have been well mowed. The swath is wide but that is necessary as by early August plants such as Tansy grow very tall and collapse inward making walking very difficult in places.

We recorded 34 bird species. Included were a fledgling Downy Woodpecker being fed by a dad, a fledgling Black and White Warbler calling for attention . The other day there were little fluff-ball fledgling Spotted Sandpipers. There are Mallard and Hooded Merganser Ducklings, not to forget the rapidly growing juvenile Canada Geese. No doubt there are other young families. We saw 4 species of shorebirds: resident Spotted Sandpipers, Wilson Snipe and Killdeer and at least 2 transient Solitary Sandpipers. A very pleasant stroll but it was getting quite warm by 9:00 am. Mosquitoes were not a problem.

Peter and Deana