** A rarity in New
Brunswick, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE [Tourterelle à ailes blanches] was confirmed
coming to the feeder yard of Alain Clavette, at 1247 Taylor Road, in Taylor
Village, near Memramcook, on Saturday. Alain thought that he may have seen it on
Thursday morning, so it may be staying in the area.
** Anne Marsch visited the tern
platform that the Shediac Watershed group has set up at Pointe-du-Chêne. It had
approximately 100 pairs of nesting TERNS [sterne] on it but not many young on it
now. It’s possible that most of the young are flying by now. Anne noted a
raptor fly over. About 50 terns from the platform, and 50 more from a nearby
sandbar, lifted to noisily escort it away.
Anne also photographed a BLACK
SWALLOWTAIL [Papillon du céleri] butterfly and a WILLET [Chevalier semipalmé] in
Cap-Pelé, by the wharf road. It’s a bit hard to tell from the photo that it’s
not a SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL [Papillon queue-courte], as some features don’t
show well due to its position in the photo however location and long tails
suggest Black Sawallowtail..
** David Robinson, in Cape Spear, spent some time watching a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER [Pic maculé] drilling holes in a MOUNTAIN-ASH [Sorbier] tree on Saturday, with a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD [Colibri à gorge rubis] right behind it, sucking up the sap.
**
Louise Nichols captured a photo of a SHADOW DARNER
[Aeschne des] dragonfly that appeared to be laying eggs by her yard pond
in Sackville on Saturday.
** Aldo Dorio got a
photo of a SPOTTED SANDPIPER [Chevalier grivelé] on Saturday in its basic
plumage as a juvenile or as an adult gone into non-breeding plumage, showing an
unspotted breast. He also got a photo of a Merlin [Faucon émerillon] with a very
determined look about it, a side view of a RED ADMIRAL [Vulcain] butterfly, and
yet another SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL [Papillon queue-courte], looking
very fresh.
** An introduced plant,
QUEEN-OF-THE-PRAIRIE [Filipendule rouge] that has become naturalized in New
Brunswick is in bloom at the moment. It tends to grow in groups. Some photos are
attached.
nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL AUG. 1,2015 ANNE MARSCH
MERLIN.AUG 1, 2015.ALDO DORIO
QUEEN-OF-THE-MEADOW LEAVES.JULY 30, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
QUEEN-OF-THE-MEADOW.JULY 30, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
QUEEN-OF-THE-MEADOW.JULY 30, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY ON MEADOWSWEET.AUG 1, 2015.ALDO DORIO
SHADOW DARNER. LOUISE NICHOLS. AUGUST 1, 2015
SHADOW DARNER. LOUISE NICHOLS. AUGUST 1, 2015
SHORT-TAILED SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY.AUG 1, 2015.ALDO DORIO
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (JUVENILE OR NON BREEDING PLUMAGE).AUG 1, 2015.ALDO DORIO
TERN NESTING PLATFORM AUG 1,2015 ANNE MARSCH
WILLET AUG.1,2015 ANNE MARSCH
