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MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, September 16, 2020 (Wednesday)
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Transcript by: Brian Stone bjpstone@gmail.com
Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Aldo Dorio photographed a BALD-FACED
HORNET on the eave of his Neguac home on Tuesday. This species is actually a
Yellowjacket Wasp (Vespidae), not a true hornet. They build a pendulous,
basketball sized nest that we’ll see very readily once the leaves start to
fall. They are an aggressive wasp around their nests. Aldo also got another
fresh looking MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY [Papillon de la cape de deuil] that will
be apt to overwinter as an adult just as the photo shows. The underside is very
cryptic as camouflage against tree bark for the winter.
** Brian Stone got up early on Tuesday
to put his garbage out for collection at 6:20 am and noticed the 4% waning
CRESCENT MOON not too far away from the planet VENUS and decided it needed to
be shot so sleepyheads could see what they missed. That having woken him up
nicely he decided to go out and look for more subjects to record in the Cap
Pele area for a few hours. At the Cap Pele and Cap Brule lagoons were lots of BONAPARTE'S
GULLS [Mouette de Bonaparte] and CANADA GEESE [Bernaches du Canada] with a
large population of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS [Cormoran à aigrettes],
especially at Cap Brule. A few shorebirds were evident at several areas and a LESSER
YELLOWLEGS [Petit Chevalier] stopped feeding long enough for a portrait. A few
scattered HORSE MUSHROOMS were up in spots and a spore print showed a dark,
rich brown colour. On his way home he stopped at Pointe-du-Chéne for a quick shot
of the immature LITTLE BLUE HERON [Aigrette bleue] that is still hanging out
there. Back at home and later in the early evening he recorded the sunset
through the hazy sky.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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