Wildlife images and video from the central lakes region of New Brunswick, Canada.
Baldness Epidemic
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Did you know that Bald Eagles sneeze? Neither did I, until I heard one recently, just 15 feet over my head. Never once in my childhood did I see a Bald Eagle let alone hear one sneeze. They simply could not be found in my area of New Brunswick thanks to DDT and other pesticides used by the forest industry.
After they stopped spraying in the nineties, eagles slowly started to appear and they have become so common now that you cannot walk a small dog (aka "Eagle McNugget") without risk. Thankfully though they still find lots of catfish instead of dogs and cats. The true irony of the spruce budworm spray program is that it killed the birds and other wildlife that would have eaten the budworm. Nature has its own cycles and humans interfere at great risk.
We were visited by this cormorant for a couple of days. The fact that he tolerated having his photo taken at all suggests he was not in good health. Sick or injured, he remained nearby and then left and died shortly afterward. There has been a noticeable decline in the cormorant population in recent years.
So it's early spring and you are tramping through last summer's decaying brush. Then you see it, that one solitary green thing in a carpet of brown and grey. It's a sign of good-times and summer abundance to come. It's also a very busy spot; deer tracks, birds and of course the first bee of spring. This guy is packing a lot of pollen. It must be like getting fresh produce after living off canned food all winter.
Nuthatches seem to do everything upside down. That makes them easy to pick out of the crowd at the feeder. We never saw a lot of nuthatches until we put up a feeder. These guys are entertaining to watch as they dance and jump around, always upside down. The problem with feeders though is that the squirrels always get the lions-share of the food.
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