New Brunswick (Provincewide) RBA
December 4, 2001
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 13:48:22 -0400
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From: Stuart Tingley <tingley@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA - New Brunswick (Canada) - Dec. 4, 2001
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- RBA
* New Brunswick
* December 4, 2001
* NBNB0112.04
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER (2!)
SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER
Yellow-throated Warbler
- Transcript
NB Bird Info Line number: (506)382-3825
Compiler: Jim Edsall <edsallj@nbnet.nb.ca>
Transcriber: Stuart Tingley <tingley@nbnet.nb.ca>
This is the New Brunswick Bird Information Line, updated Tuesday, December
4, 2001.
Southern flycatchers in December in New Brunswick?? Our view of winter will
never be quite the same.
Two ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS [Tyran a gorge cendree] were found in the
province yesterday (Monday, Dec. 3). One was in Alma, Albert Co., feeding
around houses #58 and #68 School Street. [could not be found on Tuesday].
Another ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER is in Westfield [northwest of Saint John].
Coming from Saint John, take exit 80 off of Highway 7 and turn left at the
stop sign. Take the second left onto Mallard Drive and search for the bird
around houses at the corner of Mallard and Teal. This bird has apparently
been present for about ten days. Both birds have been quite vocal and have
been well documented by photographs and video. There are two previous
confirmed records of this species in the province. Another Myiarchus
flycatcher with pale yellow underparts reported at Lower Jemseg, near
Fredericton, on November 25th may well have been this species and a bird
thought to be a Great Crested Flycatcher near Sackville in late October
should also be considered suspect.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER [Tyran a longue queue] was found on Sunday,
December 2nd, around houses at the end of Long Marsh Lane in Waterside,
Albert Co. This bird moved out to houses along Route 925 near the
intersection of Long Marsh Lane on Monday but was back at the end of Long
Marsh Lane on Tuesday. Late on Tuesday afternoon it was observed flying off
high to the east.
A WHITE-WINGED DOVE [Tourterelle a ailes blanches] appeared at Doreen
Rossiter's feeders at 52 Foster Street in Alma on Sunday, Dec. 2nd. [Still
there as of Wednesday morning].
A female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER [Pic a ventre roux] is still present in the
vicinity of the intersection of Route 114 and Maple Street in
Riverside-Albert, Albert Co. In the same village, an immature RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER [Pic a tete rouge] continues to be seen around feeders on
Buchanan and Main Street.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER [Paruline a gorge jaune] has been coming to a
feeder at the residence of Leo Doiron and Laurette Pitre located at 345,
Arcade Street, in Tracadie-Sheila on the Acadian Peninsula. This bird first
appeared around November 11th and was still present this past weekend.
Other birds coming to this feeder include a BALTIMORE ORIOLE [Oriole de
Baltimore] and a HERMIT THRUSH [Grive solitaire].
[Other sightings from the past week: Several other BALTIMORE ORIOLES are
coming to feeders around the province; single PINE WARBLERS are attending
feeders in Saint John and Caraquet; hundreds of GREATER SHEARWATERS are
lingering in the waters around Grand Manan Island; a few NORTHERN FULMARS
were observed from the Grand Manan ferry on the weekend; the BARNACLE GOOSE
near Moncton was last seen on November 29; waterfowl lingering later that
usual include multiple sightings of AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN SHOVELER,
GADWALL and RING-NECKED DUCK; 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Le Goulet, near
Shippagan, on December 1 and numbers were reported around White Head Island
(Grand Manan) this past weekend; a PEREGRINE FALCON was reported from White
Head Island on the weekend; AMERICAN COOTS are lingering at Moncton and
Mary's Point; a late RED KNOT was at Lameque on the Acadian Peninsula on
Dec. 2; an AMERICAN WOODCOCK was at Nashwaak Village, near Fredericton on
Dec. 3; several POMARINE JAEGERS were noted from the Grand Manan ferry on
the weekend; SNOWY OWLS are being reported at many coastal localities in
the province; a CAROLINA WREN appeared at a Bayside (near St. Andrews)
feeder on Dec. 5; a late PALM WARBLER was found at St. Andrews on Dec. 1; a
late COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was at Bell Street Marsh in Moncton on Dec. 4;
CHIPPING SPARROWS are lingering at several feeders in the province;
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, PINE GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS and WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS continue to be widely reported in the province.]
- End transcript
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Stuart Tingley / Shediac Bridge / New Brunswick / Canada
tingley@nbnet.nb.ca
http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/tingley (Birds, leps & odes of New Brunswick)
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