Nature Moncton Nature News: July 18 2018

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 18, 2018 ( Wednesday)

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

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** Jack Perry got nice photos of a WHITE ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY [Amiral] around his Saint John bird feeder. He was able to get over and under views.

** Brian Stone made a productive visit to the Twin Oakes bog in Moncton on Tuesday. The bog had many BOG COPPER BUTTERFLIES moving about, looking very fresh, while others were worn. White-fringed Orchids were in peak bloom as were Calapogan, AKA Grass Pink Orchid and Rose Pogonia Orchids. A dragonfly that posed nicely was one of the three Meadowhawks that is hard to differentiate on photos being either the White-faced, Cherry-faced or Ruby Meadowhawk. Unfortunately, this bog will not be there too much longer, as a school is to be built on the site. Brian also got the Moon and Venus measuring each other up on Sunday night.

Aldo Dorio got some great photos of a Virginia Rail with one of its chicks at Hay Island on Wednesday morning. This is a very hard to get photo with this secretive rail however it does not seem to be bothered at all by the photographer.

** The Dog Strangling Vine is a very invasive plant that has found its way into only a few spots in New Brunswick that are known. Thane and Jane Watts recognized it, in their Hopewell Cape yard after hearing a talk on invasive plants from David Mazerolle. They quickly removed as much as they could from their yard foliage, finding it vining among other plants. Thane found a few plants reappearing this spring and saved one out until I could get photos on Tuesday, showing it with still some flowers and a photo of the opposite leaf arrangement. Hopefully, it will help other folk identify it, if they happen to unknowingly have it, which is very likely in other parts of the province. The Watts' have no idea where it originated from. The Watts’ have created a stunning large yard area of plant diversity, however the invasive Dog Strangling Vine is not one that will become part of it, with their efforts to remove it as soon as it appears. I expect the few plants present there will be gone today! Thank-you to Jane and Thane for holding the one plant until I could get photos to share with others to recognize it.

nelson@nb.sympatico.ca

Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton