** A first report from Kerry-Lee Morris Cormier, manager of the Johnson’s
Mills Shorebird Interpretive Centre which is now open. Twenty-three
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS [Bécasseau semipalmé] were seen in flight from the
observation deck at the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Interpretive Centre on
Monday July 13. Also from the deck that morning, while watching a HARBOUR SEAL
[Phoque commun] through the spotting scope, three of the interpreters observed a
small pod of four MINKE WHALE [Petit Rorqual]. Other recent observations
include MOOSE [Orignal] cow and calf, RED-BACKED SALAMANDER [Salamandre
cendrée], over 40 species of birds including GRAY CATBIRD [Moqueur chat] and a
BANK SWALLOW [Hirondelle de ravage] colony, plus a female piebald or leucistic
WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de Virginie] has been spotted again for the 5th year in
a row. The numbers to call at the centre are 506-379-6347 or cell number
902-694-9157. That's for recorded updates of activity or live conversation with
the interpreters. I would suggest that we save these numbers for the upcoming
weeks. We will hopefully hear from Kerry-Lee with updates and, as she says,
peeps and good tides.
** Aldo Dorio captured a photo of a BROAD-WINGED HAWK [Petite Buse] at Hay
Island on Monday.
** Brian Stone got photos of an ASSASSIN BUG [Réduvidé prédateur] egg mass
sent out yesterday. By chance he had photographed a bug a few days before that
which was an adult Assassin Bug. This bug preys on other insects, ambushing
them or hunting them, such as small flies, wasps, saw flies and sometimes
caterpillars.
** Anne Marsch and I did a short butterfly sleuth mission on Monday at
Riverview Marsh and found several BRONZE COPPER BUTTERFLIES [Bronzé] around
their food plant, Water Dock. They were along the path leading toward the river
from the large sewage treatment tower. A busy SWAMP SPARROW [Bruant des marais]
was also working the area. It is not unusual to see escapee garden plants in
wild places. Some showy, blooming Maltese Cross were showing off their scarlet
blossoms in a clump among the marsh grass. We visited the White Birch lagoon in
Lower Coverdale. There were many duck broods there, some very young -- and a
suspect, far-off shorebird on the pipe there. Anne got photos of a HOBOMOK
SKIPPER [Hespérie hobomok] and a PECK'S SKIPPER [Hespérie du Peck], as well as
noting other butterflies in flight, some looking very interesting but just too
fast about their mission to identify.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
ASSASIN BUG 01. JUNE 25, 2015. BRIAN STONE
BROAD-WINGED HAWK.JULY 13, 2015.ALDO DORIO
BRONZE COPPER BUTTERFLY (FEMALE).JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
BRONZE COPPER BUTTERFLY (FEMALE).JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
HOBOMOK SKIPPER JULY 13,2015 ANNE MARSCH
MALTESE CROSS (GARDEN ESCAPEE).JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
MALTESE CROSS (GARDEN ESCAPEE).JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
NORTHERN PEARLY-EYE JULY 13,2015 ANNE MARSCH
PECK'S SKIPPER JULY 13,2015 ANNE MARSCH
SWAMP SPARROW.JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
SWAMP SPARROW.JULY 13, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
