Aug 23 2015

**   Réal Vienneau had a SPRING PEEPER [Rainette crucifère]  visit his front door on Saturday night. Note, in the photo, that Réal placed it on a .25 coin to show its small size. 

**   I was in the woods on Saturday, in showery, moist weather, and heard the single call of SPRING PEEPERS [Rainette crucifère] quite frequently. It’s that time of year when their calls can be heard clearly in woods away from ponds.

**  Underwing moths have a tendency for most of their members to be seen flying this time of year. They may look very plain while quietly perched, but when the wings open to flash the hind wings they show bright colours and patterns. Dave Christie had a ONCE-MARRIED UNDERWING [Likenée rougeâtre] (Catocala unijuga) visit his screen door on Friday evening  and got a nice open-winged photo. [Transcriber’s note: That moth flew in when I opened the door and after posing on the kitchen floor, hid on me till I found and released it this morning.] 

**  It’s that time of year when we see COMMON NIGHTHAWKS [Engoulevent d'Amérique] hawking insects during the day, as they begin southward migration. While travelling in the Millville - Nackawic area on Saturday I encountered a group of more than I had seen  at once for many years, estimated at 100-plus, cavorting and diving low at approximately 5 p.m. 

nelson@nb.sympatico.ca 
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton 

ONCE-MARRIED UNDERWING MOTH.AUG 22, 2015.DAVID CHRISTIE

SPRING PEEPER.AUG 22, 2015.RHEAL VIENNEAU