Nature Moncton Nature News: Sept 6 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, September 06, 2017 (Wednesday)

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**Judy Marsh forwards a photo of a DRYAD’S SADDLE MUSHROOM also called PHEASANT’S-BACK POLYPORE. It prefers to grow on living or dead deciduous woods such as Elm (where Judy found it) but also Maple, Willow, Poplar and Birch. The tender edges are reported as edible with a watermelon flavour and odour but have never personally tried them.

**Leon Gagnon forwards a photo of an adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE he took off Miscou on June 11 at Wilson's Pt. We don't see much of this GULL except in certain areas of NB where they breed in colonies such as Grand Anse, an Island off Grand Manan. Possibly this individual was from Bonaventure Island.

Leon is also been seeing groups of WHIMBRELS especially in July of a few to a dozen leading him to know where the best blueberry patches are.

**Kat Atkinson looked skyward on Monday night to photograph the moon as it was starting to become full.

**Brian Stone sends more action noted from the Hampton lagoon to include a nice photo of a fresh CLOUDED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY, a MUSKRAT, a BLACK DUCK enjoying the abundant duckweed, the expected TURKEY VULTURES around that lagoon, a LESSER YELLOWLEG and an intent GREAT BLUE HERON.

At Hanover Saint Saint John he could see BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and SEMI PALMATED PLOVER that appeared to be in a similar stage as those Aldo Dorio noted. There were a lot of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS foraging near the Hampton lagoon on Wednesday.

**Aldo Dorio is noting SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS in significant number at Hay Island at the moment. The ones he has photographed are suggestive of young-of-year birds by the nearly completely black bill, slight scaling on the underparts, however the legs are yellow which would expect to be darker in fresh juveniles.

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