Nature Miramichi:

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My brother keeps a path shovelled to his bird feeders…a challenge this year. Donna Savoy

From: David McLeod <mcleodda@nbnet.nb.ca>

Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:34 PM

Subject: Re: Nature Miramichi – One dies so one can live

Hi Donna,

Judging by the size of this hawk, it looks like a Cooper’s Hawk (length16.5″) compared to the European Starling (length 8.5″), because this one looks about twice as long.  The vertical streaking on the underside and the yellow iris indicate it to be a juvenile bird.  At 11″ in length, the similar Sharp-shinned Hawk would be only 3.5″ longer which is not the case here.

Pam sent me a photo of a Cooper’s Hawk taken by David Shannon at Ritchie Wharf on Jan. 30, 2021, but this one was an adult bird with the rusty horizontal cross-barring of the underside.  This species has been rare in the Miramichi area in the past, but several sighting have been made over the past three years, so perhaps they are permanently extending their range northward similar to the Northern Cardinal due to global warming.

Thanks to you and Deanna for sharing her photo.

Dave

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From: Jim Saunders <jimsaunders809@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 3:26 PM
Subject: Redpoll action at the Pallet Feeder

From: Phil Riebel <no-reply@smugmug.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 2:25 PM
Subject: Short-tailed Weasel Activity

Short-tailed Weasel Activity This is a short video of the movements of a Short-tailed Weasel at night. They appear to have a very high energy level – always bouncing around and looking for prey. CLICK THIS LINK: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-8vbphh/i-ZsJMZGD/A See more photos from this SmugMug site. SmugMug Inc., www.smugmug.com, sent you this email. Your privacy matters to us. View our policy about how we strive to respect it—always. You can always reach us at SmugMug, P.O. Box 390123, Mountain View, CA 94039.

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Deana and I travelled to Moncton yesterday (car appointment and sanitizing supplies for the ski club were our justifications!).

We stopped at a couple of places to check on birds. Well in Cocagne, near the bridge, we saw a Song Sparrow. Poor thing was

finding something to eat on a small patch of bare grass, perhaps the grass itself. We left some sunflower seeds for it, her is hoping it found them.

Peter

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From: Phil Riebel <no-reply@smugmug.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 4:36 PM
Subject: What do you see?

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From: Jim Saunders <jimsaunders809@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 9:23 PM
Subject: Action at the Pallet Feeder

Action at the Pallet Feeder.docx

From: Jim Saunders <jimsaunders809@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 11:29 AM
Subject: Winterizing the Pallet Feeder

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Winterizing the Pallet Feeder.pdf

From: Laura Comeau Fine Arts <lauracomeauart@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 10:48 AM
Subject: Fwd: Mr and Mrs Cardinal

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Going to have to move this feeder over so I’m not taking pics through a window screen .