Alewife Run St. George, NB

Quick Stop at DU Marsh, St. George, NB

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I made a quick stop at the Ducks Unlimited Marsh at St. George, NB this morning around 10 am. Lots of grebes and ducks as well as the great blue heron and otter shown in these photos.

Art

Beauty and life in the DU Marsh, St. George, NB

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Lots of action in the Marsh this week. I'll try to get a report up soon. In the meantime, thought you might enjoy this shot of a male and female red-winged blackbird. Taken about 5 pm today, Saturday, June 13, 2009.

Enjoy
Art

Blue Birds at St. George

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Date:    Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:40:26 -0300
From:    Ralph Eldridge NatureNB
Subject: SAINT GEORGE REPORT

Someone asked recently if HOODED MERGANSERS would be hatched by now.
I saw my first family on Thursday, June 4th and that doesn't seem especially early. I expect to see Hoodies at the same time or just days behind the Black Ducks.

I saw 2 very young Hoodie families in the Saint George Marsh this (Sunday) morning.

I ran across 3 male EASTERN BLUEBIRDS actively catching insects near the junction of the Kelly Road & the Manor Road. I also heard some vocals. There are several bird houses at an adjacent home so they may have Blue tenants.

Photo Credit: wikipedia.com

Birds at Pennfield and St. George

Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 21:05:43 -0300
From: icameron NBNature Listserv
Subject: Birds at Pennfield and St George

(Paid) a visit today to the Ducks Unlimited trail at St George. On the way we stopped off at Pennfield to look for BROWN THRASHERS. This was always a reliable site for the species, but in the last year or so much of the dense scrub that was so attractive to the thrashers has been destroyed. Despite this, we found one that was vocalizing on one of the few remaining large trees.

At the DU trail in St George, we heard SORA and PIED-BILLED GREBES and flushed a VIRGINIA RAIL, a species that (for me at any rate) is mor often seen than heard. A MERLIN was making periodic sorties over the marsh. The trail on the other side of the main road was vocal with many NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, a WARBLING VIREO  and a GRAY CATBIRD. On the way back, we visited the blueberry barrens behind Pennfield to look for Upland Sandpipers, but they eithe hadn't returned yet, or maybe had been put off by the enormous fire-breathing monster truck that was burning the barrens.

Photo Credit: brown thrasher, Wikipedia.com

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Birds at DU Marsh, St. George, NB

Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:38:11 -0300

From:    Todd Watts NatureNB Listserv
Subject: Virginia Rails

A mid-morning walk along the Ducks Unlimited Trail in Saint George produced the following.

2 Virginia Rails feeding together
Several Sora
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
a small flock of shorebirds(unidentified)

Baltimore Oriole
Least Flycatcher
Wilsons Warbler( my first of the season)
Yellow warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Nashville Warbler

Todd Watts
Kerr's Ridge

Photo credit: wood duck, wikipedia.com

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Sora and other birds at St. George - NB Listserv

Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 16:21:29 -0300

From:    Todd Watts NBNature Listserv
Subject: Sora, American Bittern and others at Saint George

A late morning walk along the Ducks Unlimited Trail in Saint George
produced the following;

American Bittern
Sora
Northern Harrier
Osprey
Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Waterthrush
Yellow Warbler
Black and White Warbler
Northern Parula
Common Yellowthroat
Nashville Warbler
and others

The Sora was seen from just a few meters away for several minutes as
it bathed, called and poked around the marsh. This bird was also seen
yesterday.

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Posts from Ebird.com

Location: Hwy 1, St. George, NB

Observation date:     21/03/09
Notes:     2 crows harassing this vulture above the highway as we passed. At least one other crow hanging off. Signs of deer road kill present at this location.
Number of species:     2

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     3

Location:     Lily Lake, Saint John, NB
Observation date:     21/03/09
Notes:     This is at Rockwood Park. Ducks and gulls are fed by visitors. Counts are my best estimates from a lot of activity on and around the pond and gulls on the Lake.
Number of species:     2

Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     300


Location:     Marsh near drydock, Saint John, NB
Observation date:     21/03/09
Notes:     In marsh by road. Unable to get photo - spooked easily.
Number of species:     1

Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus     2
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     500

Today on the St. George Loop

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm - Bocabec, NB to St. George, NB and return:

1. Whitetail Deer: Lots of sign at Digdeguash Basin and Hwy 1 at Kerr's Ridge. Saw 1 at the Basin and 5 on Hwy 1 at St. George.
2. Common Mergansers at Digdeguash Basin. 4 males, 2 females.
3. Black Duck - 2 in pond at Bethel.
4. Raven and Crow - lots of crows along the way. One soaring Raven at Bethel.
5. Eagles - Saw one flying near Bethel. 2(3-4?) immatures and one adult around deer (?) kill on side road at Bethel off Hwy 1. Lots of crows feeding.
6. Kerr's Ridge - 7 Snow Buntings.

Art

Phot0: Common Mergansers at Digdeguash Falls. Art MacKay. Other photos at Flickr.com/bayoffundy

Harbour Seal and Eagle in Digedequash Basin

Took a quick run into Digedeguash Basin on the way back from St. George. There was one eagle and a half-dozen or so crows on the kill near the falls.

On the way back out, I spotted this Harbour Seal laying on the ice near the bottom of the Basin. Kinda strange spot for this time of year. Also 3 deer crossed the road in front of me near the main highway