Nature Moncton Nature News: Sept 12 2017

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** Jean Paul and Stella Leblanc send a nice photo of a LITTLE GULL [Mouette pygmée] that they took at the Bouctouche lagoon on Sunday. Stu Tingley had found it there on Saturday so it may be staying there for a bit, or at least in the area, probably in the company of Bonaparte's Gulls.

** Brian Stone got photos of a SOLITARY SANDPIPER [Chevalier solitaire] last Friday, seen in a pond on the road from McGowan's Corner to Lakeville. The dappled appearance of the mantle can be noted. To add a few helpful comments from Gilles Belliveau ... he points out that the bold eye ring often has a slight break at the front, as can be seen in Brian's photo, and also on the lower part of the mantle feathers those white spots are quite small near the front and get gradually larger the farther back you go. Nice identification features to use.

Also on September 08, Brian, Janet Kempster and Annette Stone made many other observations on that route to include many MONARCH BUTTERFLIES [Monarque], and on a large Milkweed patch the colourful, LARGE MILKWEED BUG, MULTICOLORED ASIAN LADY BEETLE adult, CRANEFLY, the MILKWEED TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR, NORTHERN LEOPARD FROGS [Rana pipiens], PAINTED TURTLES [Chrysemys picta], OSPREYS [Balbuzard pêcheur] on their nest still, WARBLERS, RED-EYED VIREO [Viréo aux yeux rouges], SWAMP SPARROW [Bruant des marais] and many more with excellent photos.

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