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Sighting November 1, 2006
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD [Carouge à tête jaune]

A pleasant surprise visitor on Wednesday morning to the feeder yard of Louis-Emile Cormier when 
a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD [Carouge à tête jaune] arrived at approximately 10:00 AM staying for 
15 to 20 minutes. Then it reappeared at approximately 11:45 AM and stayed for half an hour.  
It was coming to white millet and black-oiled sunflower seed.  Birders are welcome to come to check 
if this bird continues to visit.  Louis-Emile lives at Civic Number 2780 Route 535 near Cocagne  about 
5 km from the Cocagne intersection; it's best to park on the road leading to the beach beside Louis-Emile's 
home and watch the backyard from there.  The bird usually came to a platform feeder and into yard trees.

Sighting October 4, 2006
WESTERN KINGBIRD [Tyran de l'Ouest]

Norm and Giselle Belliveau not only located a WESTERN KINGBIRD [Tyran de
l'Ouest] in the Murray Corner area on Wednesday but had a WESTERN KINGBIRD
appear in their home yard on Thursday.  Norm & Giselle live at 54 Malakoff
Road near Scoudouc.  To get to their home from Moncton take Route 15
towards Shediac and turn off on to Route 132 towards Scoudouc.  That's the
same overpass to Route 11 to Miramichi but in the opposite direction.  Go
approximately 10 km on route 132 and the Malakoff Road is to the left just
past civic # 2974.  As would be expected there is a welcome and check for
the presence of the bird.  The Belliveau's home # is 532-4583.

Sighting October 1, 2006
A RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD [Colibri roux]/ [Colibri d'Allen]

A RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD [Colibri roux]/ [Colibri d'Allen] has now become a regular visitor to Jim and Jean Wilson's feeders at 2 Neck Road on Hammond River.  To get to the Wilson's, exit Route 1 at Exit 158 (to Routes 100 and 121) on the highway toward Saint John. Turn right to Route 100 and Hampton. Turn immediately left onto William Bell Drive and continue 9.8 kilometers. William Bell Drive soon becomes Route 100 west. At 9.8 kilometers you will be crossing the bridge over the Hammond River and will see a white church on the right, immediately beyond the bridge. Turn right at the church onto the Hammond River Road and proceed 3.4 kilometers to the only stop sign. Bear right around the corner and you will be on the Neck Road. Wilson's is the first house on the right, about a stone's throw from the stop. It's # 2 - a bungalow with weathered cedar shingles and green shutters.

Sighting August 26, 2006
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER [Bécasseau de Baird]

There was a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER [Bécasseau de Baird] sited by Roger LeBlanc on Saturday afternoon at the pond at Point Park marsh.  Go down Point Park Drive turn left on Avondale and left on Hawthorn there is a parking area there that leads to the trail that goes along the marsh in the direction of Chateau Moncton.  This bird was near a couple of islands in the large pond next to the trail.  It was with other shore birds. It was high tide when Roger saw it and that would

Sighting August 24, 2006
WESTERN KINGBIRD [Tyran de l'Ouest]

Allain Clavette in the Memramcook Valley found a WESTERN KINGBIRD [Tyran de l'Ouest] on Chemin Pré d’en Haut between Civic #s 818 and 924.  The bird was sometimes travelling with a family of >EASTERN BLUEBIRDS [Merlebleu de l'Est], and they were fly catching together at some points.  They also were in the area of the blueberry U-Pick there between that same civic # area.

Sighting July 31, 2006
CAROLINA WREN [Troglodyte de Caroline] 

There is a CAROLINA WREN [Troglodyte de Caroline] in the back yard of Yves Cormier in Moncton.  His yard backs on to the back of the Red Cross building at 246 Lutes St and is best viewed from the Red Cross parking lot.  It has been around for a couple of days but Yves just identified it.

Sighting May 24, 2006
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN [Pélican d'Amérique]

Sighting April 29, 2006
EURASIAN SISKIN [Tarin des aulnes]  435 Mary's Point Rd, Harvey, NB.

Sighting March 12, 2006
GREAT GREY OWL (Chouette lapone) at Deersdale. It was near "mile marker 10" and was seen at approximately 10:15.

Sighting January 5, 2006
KING EIDER [Eider a tete grise]
The Belliveaus (Norm, Gisele and Gilles) have just telephoned from Cape Tormentine to say that they are looking at an adult male KING EIDER [Eider a tete grise]. It is with a grouping of 50-100 Common Eiders just on the west / north side of the end of the old ferry wharf in Cape Tormentine. They are viewing the bird from atop a low bluff just west of the road leading out to the old ferry wharf. This bluff is reached by driving to the end of a short street (don't know the name) which goes off the main road through Cape Tormentine beside a church. If you decide to head out there and want to call Norm on his cell phone, his number is 531-5662.