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David Cannon was able to get a great photo of a WHIMBREL [Courlis corlieu] that joined him while he was golfing on
a course in Cape Breton, NS recently.
This bird must be getting accustomed to people as it is closer than we
often get to this species. It was
obviously very near its shoreline habitat as David also shares a photo of the
golf course holes there. Rumours are
he’s safely back with us!!
** In response to a photo on
yesterday’s edition, Evan Smith sends more photos of NODDING BURR MARIGOLD
[Bident penché] in full
bloom at close range at a marsh that he often visits in Wickham where the
plants are very near the road and easy to enjoy. Louise Nichols also sends some
photos of a striking show of Nodding Bur Marigold they had in a wet area on
their Aulac property in 2018 but the dry conditions of 2020 seemed to have made
the showing much less impressive.
** We asked Aldo Dorio to try to get
photos of the juvenile BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS [Pluvier argenté] from a side view to look for the
possibility of an American Golden Plover.
He did that, and Gilles Belliveau feels confident at least one photo is
indeed a juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER [Pluvier bronzé].
Gilles’ comments are very helpful, so I will quote them: “He feels very confident that the labeled
photo is an American Golden Plover. It
has a “warm” tone overall, a darker cap and dark auricular patch (ear latch)
creating a bolder supercilium, a smaller and more pointed bill, rather
long-looking legs, and a primary projection (appears about twice as long as the
Black-bellied Plover photos).”
The four Plover photos are indeed
different birds.
**It surely has not been a good year in
many areas of NB for berry crops. The cool spring followed by the dry summer
conditions were not what the fruit producers were hoping for. Brian Stone
comments his yard Mountain Ash tree that is usually teeming with fruit at this
time has few developed fruit. The waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks will not be
impressed. Hopefully the Flowering Crab crop has fared better.
** I’m attaching a photo of a very
small spider I noted on Common Milkweed on August 26th. Bug Guide feels that it’s the DWARF SPIDER
(aka. Red-and-Black Spider). It was very
challenging to get a good photo, so I’m attaching one from the net as well that
shows it better. I was wondering if it
may be predatory on Monarch Butterfly eggs or larvae, but was not able to find
any information on it. If someone else
is able to get that information, a note would be appreciated.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
GOLF COURSE HOLE IN CAPE BRETON. SEPT 18, 2020. DAVID CANNON
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. SEPT 19, 2020. ALDO DORIO
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