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Thursday 18 August 2016

Aug 18 2016

** It's becoming the time of year when interesting caterpillars are appearing. Clarence Cormier got a photo of what we suspect to be a LAUREL SPHINX MOTH caterpillar on lilac foliage at his Grande-Digue site recently.
 
** Jamie and Karen Burris visited Cap Lumière on Tuesday to get some nice photos in a series of an OSPREY [Balbuzard pêcheur] in a dive, a NORTHERN GANNET [Fou de Bassan], LEAST SANDPIPERS [Bécasseau minuscule], BONAPARTE'S GULL [Mouette de Bonaparte] in two differing plumages, COMMON EIDER [Eider à duvet], and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS [Cormoran à aigrettes] in the mature and juvenile plumages.
 
** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a BROAD-WINGED HAWK [Petite Buse] juvenile bird on Tuesday. Note the tear/ heart-shaped markings on the chest, typical of the immature Broad-winged Hawk.
 
 
Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton
BONAPARTES GULL. AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS.

BONAPARTES GULL. AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS.

BROAD-WINGED HAWK (IMMATURE). AUG 17, 2016.ALDO DORIO

COMMON EIDERS.AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS

DOUBLE-CREASTED CORMORANTS AND COMMON EIDER.AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (JUVENILE). AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS

LAURAL SPHINX MOTH CATERPILLAR.AUG 16, 2016.CLARENCE CORMIER.

LAURAL SPHINX MOTH CATERPILLAR.AUG 16, 2016.CLARENCE CORMIER.

LEAST SANDPIPER.AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

LEAST SANDPIPER.AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

LEAST SANDPIPERS.AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

NORTHERN GANNET.AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS

NORTHERN HARRIER. AUG 17, 2016.JAMIE BURRIS

OSPREY IN A DIVE FOR PREY..AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

OSPREY IN A DIVE FOR PREY..AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

OSPREY IN A DIVE FOR PREY..AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

OSPREY IN A DIVE FOR PREY..AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS

OSPREY AFTER DIVE FOR PREY..AUG 17, 2016..JAMIE BURRIS