**Yolande LeBlanc is having a WARBLER [Paruline] visiting her
Memramcook yard, coming to peanut butter smeared on bark. Yolande finds it one
of those confusing late fall Warblers; she wonders about the expected PINE
WARBLER [Paruline des pins], but this one has a collar marking that makes her
wonder if it may not be another species, possibly NORTHERN PARULA [Paruline à
collier]. Yolande welcomes anyone to drop by her 251 Centrale Street yard in
Memramcook to help confirm the identity. Yolande also has a female RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre roux] as a regular patron, a species that has been nice
to hear several reports of recently. Late note: This was just
confirmed as a Northern Parula with photos to follow
tomorrow
**Anna Tucker visited the Sackville Waterfowl Park on Thursday to
find it very suddenly free of waterfowl with the arrival of a thin film of ice
over the surface. Anna comments that she only came across one lone BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE [Mésange à tête noire]. The foliage has been very much plunged into
winter at the Sackville Waterfowl Park.
**David Christie comments on a MOTH [Papillon nocturne] flying
about the lights of his house on Wednesday evening at -5° C. Dave got a photo of
it with wings lifted and spread. The spread-out wing photo would suggest it to
be a BRUCE SPANWORM MOTH [Papillon de l’arpenteuse de Bruce].
There are four species that can appear on
surprisingly cool nights, even this late, being the Bruce Spanworm, AUTUMNAL
MOTH [Épirrite automnale], WINTER MOTH [Phalène brumeuse], and FALL CANKERWORM
MOTH [Alsophila pometaria].
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
BRUCE SPANWORM MOTH.NOV 26, 2015.DAVE CHRISTIE
SACKVILLE WATERFOWL PARK,.NOV 26, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
SACKVILLE WATERFOWL PARK,.NOV 26, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
SACKVILLE WATERFOWL PARK,.NOV 26, 2015.ANNA TUCKER
