Nature Miramichi:

As of 2:03 the Snowy Owl is still visible from Hay Idland.

The new executive for the club was decided at the November meeting.

For 2014-15
President – Peter Gadd (506) 622-1313
Vice-president – Anne Assaff
Secretary – Jim Saunders
Treasurer – Dave Goforth.

Following the pot-luck supper Dec. 8 there was a discussion on bird feeding during the winter. There was a technical glitch with the slide presentation, here it is in pdf form. Feeder Birds 20141208 MNC

Also, Jim lead us through a session on making Christmas decorations with items found in nature. (Click on a thumbnail below for a slide show)

Begin forwarded message:

From: “David McLeod” <mcleodda>
Date: December 1, 2014 at 1:47:07 PM AST
Subject: Winter Bird List for Northumberland County

Hi Everyone:

The winter bird list for Northumberland County starts today, Dec. 1, and lasts for three winter months until Feb. 28, 2015.

All club members and others are encouraged to take part during this period and report any new sightings within the county to me by email at mcleodda or by phone at 506-776-3426. I’ll try to send out an updated list every two weeks, so everyone can see what species we still need.

In 2011-12 we had a record year of 61 species. We fell 2 species short last year (2013-14) with a total of 59 species which I’ve reproduced HERE for future reference.

Dave

We saw three Horned Larks at Kouchibouguac N. P. this afternoon. It is not a bird I have seen often. Leonel would see them near the runway of Miramichi Airport I know. Deana observed that the Horned Lark, although not all that common, can potentially be seen just about anywhere in Canada, the exception being northern Ellesmere Island. In some parts of Canada it would only be seen in migration. We also saw a Great Blue Heron, 3 ruffed Grouse and one Spruce Grouse, all along the side of the park road. Peter

Enjoy

http://biology.allaboutbirds.org/features/bird-song-hero/bird-song-hero-tutorial

Newspaper article about this. http://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2014/nov/15/become-a-bird-song-hero

Peter

Deana and I were asked to do a presentation about birds at the Newcastle-Miramichi Public Library. Attached here is a pdf version of the slides we use for this presentation given on November 12, 2014.  As it is the time of year with winter approaching and we start paying a lot of attention to our bird feeders, we thought we would base the presentation on our experiences with backyard birds in the winter months. Click here -> Feeder Birds 20141112 Newcastle Library