** It sure would suggest Paul Langelaan has found the nesting territory of
an INDIGO BUNTING [Passerin indigo] in an area near his Second North River home.
He found the bird in the same area a few times earlier this spring as well as
several times last year. Paul also had a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD [Moqueur
polyglotte] visit their yard on Tuesday and has been hearing the calls of a
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO [Coulicou à bec noir] from his yard. A nice bird trio to
have in one area.
** On a lead from Roger Leblanc on YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS [Moucherolle
à ventre jaune] liking ponds with beaver dams, Louise Nichols went out to the
Walker Road near Sackville to check on the possibility of one there, and
successfully found one. She heard its call and got a photo. Am attaching 3
photos from different angles. This is a bird we do not often get a chance to
see. It may pay off for more of us to go off on Roger and Louise’s lead. Louise
also got a photo of a dreamy DUSKY-WINGED BUTTERFLY.
**Brian Coyle came across a Tom Turkey in full display leading a pair of
hens across the Salisbury Road just past McNichols landscaping and he almost had
to come to a complete stop to avoid hitting them. Brian called out to the Tom
‘in his best Turkey call’ to which it responded repeatedly.
** We recently reported the Tern platform that the Shediac Bay Watershed
Association has erected had approximately 60 TERNS around it. Jolyne Hebert, the
superintendent of the park, did a survey on Wednesday and they counted 100 eggs
in 41 nests, most with 2 or 3 eggs, some singles and one with 4 eggs. What a
success story the platform project has proven to be. It just seems like nobody
is not happy about this project.
**Serge Martin got a photo of a GREAT BLUE HERON [Grand Héron] taking a
gaspereau at the mouth of Hall’s Creek recently, at the same location that Anna
Tucker recently was watching a GREAT BLUE HERON [Grand Héron] and BALD EAGLE
[Pygargue à tête blanche] fishing.
** Anne Marsch spotted 2 young of the year CHIPMUNKS in her Lower Coverdale
yard on Wednesday. A parent was with them but popped down his ground hole before
the photo got snapped.
**Brian Stone and I made a re-run to the Aboujagane bog on Wednesday. The
Jutta Arctic Butterflies were still very active in the Northern section of the
bog, noting up to 100 again. A few Brown Elfins were seen and Brian again got a
nice photo.
** The Arethusa aka Dragon’s Mouth Orchid, has come into bloom. This is
expected to be the first of the three bog pinks to come out to bloom. Lots of
other bog botany seen that has already been mentioned. A large section of the
bog was covered RUSTY COTTON GRASS to create an awesome display and on a tip
from Richard Peron we stopped by a cedar bog in the area to see the many yellow
LADY’S SLIPPERS Richard had reported recently.
** A correction of the MOTH photo Susan Richards got a few days ago at
Cornhill Nursery. I called it a Nessus Sphinx Moth. Jim Edsall has corrected
that. It is actually a White-lined Sphinx Moth of which is considered as
very rare in New Brunswick, so, a nice find and photo documentation for Susan
Richards. The corrected photo is re-set today the blog spot June 16th has been
corrected as well.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
ARETHUSA ORCHID (DRAGON'S MOUTH.JUNE 17, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
BROWN ELFIN BUTTERFLY 01. JUNE 17, 2015. BRIAN STONE
CHIPMUNKS JUNE 17,2015 ANNE MARSCH
DREAMY DUSKYWING. LOUISE NICHOLS. JUNE 17, 2015
FOUR-SPOTTED SKIMMER DRAGONFLY 01. JUNE 15, 2015. BRIAN STONE
GREAT BLUE HERON TAKING GASPEREAU.JUNE 15, 2015.SERGE MARTIN
PITCHER PLANT FLOWER 01. JUNE 17, 2015. BRIAN STONE
PITCHER PLANT FLOWER 01. JUNE 17, 2015. BRIAN STONE
WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH.JUNE 15, 2015.SUSAN RICHARDS
YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID 04. JUNE 17, 2015. BRIAN STONE
YELLOW LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID 04. JUNE 17, 2015. BRIAN STONE
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (a). LOUISE NICHOLS. JUNE 17, 2015
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (a). LOUISE NICHOLS. JUNE 17, 2015
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER (a). LOUISE NICHOLS. JUNE 17, 2015
