Nature Moncton Nature News: June 20 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, June 20, 2017 ( Tuesday )

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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca

Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com

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** Last call for the last Nature Moncton meeting of the year happening tonight at 7:00 pm at the Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge with a variety show of nature photos from the Nature Moncton Information Line, with some accompanying chatter.

** Susan and Fred Richards visited the Sackville Waterfowl Park on Saturday to get some nice photos of both a male and female RUDDY DUCK [Érismature rousse]. The male does seem to be showing early signs of going into eclipse plumage. They also got a photo of a male YELLOW WARBLER [Paruline jaune]. This is a very popular spot for this colorful warbler to nest. Susan also sends a few photos of a MONARCH BUTTERFLY [Monarque] and VICEROY BUTTERFLY that she photographed at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario in early June.

** Jim Saunders took Brian Stone and I on a visitf an old, Native canoe portage trail located near the Tomogonops River, north of Mirimichi, N.B. This relocation of these Native portage trails and clearing of them has been a huge effort led by Tim Humes and Bobby Doyle and a photo of the symbol signage when one comes across one of these trails is attached.

We also saw two GRAY JAY [Mésangeai du Canada] families, one BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER [Pic à dos noir], a large bull MOOSE [Orignal] with antlers now well under development and what we strongly suspected to be RUSTY BLACKBIRDS [Quiscale rouilleux] but could not get confirmational photos. Brian's ever alert camera also got a photo of both MASON BEES and POTTER WASPS finishing off holes in some of the Mason Bee houses around our camp. He also got some photos of the REDBELLY SNAKES using black boot mats to gather under to show the two morphs, brown and dark metallic, of this snake. There is one photo that nicely shows this small snake displaying it's characteristic red belly.

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Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton