**The Nature Moncton Workshop on Fossils is on for tomorrow,
Sunday, September 27th from 1:00 to 3:00 at the Tankville School at
1665 Elmwood Drive. The PDF notice is reattached to the mail-out list with all
the details. Register with Judi Berry-Steeves at 387-4778 or email Judi at
jbsteeve@nbnet.nb.ca. And as
always, all are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
**Anna Tucker recently spent time enjoying the Sackville Waterfowl
Park. She photographed the ripe berries of HIGH BUSH-CRANBERRY [Viorne
trilobée], enjoyed GREAT BLUE HERON [Grand Héron] fishing at very close range, a
CABBAGE BUTTERFLY [Piéride du chou] close up, and many Yellowlegs [Chevalier]
there now. It could be suspected there may be other Shorebird [Oiseau de rivage]
species joining the Yellowlegs, as was so great last year in late September and
into October. The Sackville Waterfowl Park birds are so used to people nearby
and not bothering them that closeup views are a real
bonus.
**Dave Christie reports the GREAT EGRET [Grande Aigrette]
continues its presence at the Waterside Marsh, feeding in small saltmarsh ponds
near the creek on Friday. It has been very content there for at least a few
weeks now.
**Louise and Glen Nichols found SQUASH BUGS [Punaise de la courge]
being attracted to Glen’s Squash [Courge] plants in their Sackville garden on
Friday. All the bugs Louise got photos of appear to be nymphs, not adults
yet.
**Aldo Dorio shares two fall Warbler [Paruline] photos of
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS [Paruline à croupion jaune] as well as a RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET [Roitelet à couronne rubis]. The extended eye-ring of the Ruby-crowned
Kinglet shows nicely.
**I came across a group of WILD MARJORAM [Origan vulgaire] plants
still sporting some blooms on Friday. The scent of the crushed leaves was very
pleasant. Some photos are attached.
**A photo of yesterday of Brian Stone’s was accidentally labelled
as a EURASIAN WIGEON [Canard siffleur] with a GADWALL [Canard ]; it is of course
an expected AMERICAN WIGEON [Canard d'Amérique], and that photo is corrected on
the blogspot and reattached today.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
CABBAGE BUTTERFLY.SEPT 22, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
GADWALL AND AMERICAN WIGEON. SEPT. 23, 2015. BRIAN STONE
GREAT BLUE HERON.SEPT 22, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
HIGHBUSH CRANBERRY.SEPT 22, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. SEPT 25, 2015.ALDO DORIO
SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis).NYMPHS.. LOUISE NICHOLS. SEPT. 25, 2015
SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis).NYMPHS.. LOUISE NICHOLS. SEPT. 25, 2015
SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis).NYMPHS.. LOUISE NICHOLS. SEPT. 25, 2015
WILD MAJORAM.SEPT 25, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
WILD MAJORAM.SEPT 25, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.. SEPT 25, 2015..ALDO DORIO
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER.. SEPT 25, 2015..ALDO DORIO
