NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 26 September 2020
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Transcript by: Catherine Clements
Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** A short version today due to editor being in an area of
very limited cell and internet connections.
**Lisa Morris notes her ANISE [Anis] plants in her Moncton
yard, blooming at the moment, have so many bees on them it looks like a
Christmas tree! Note the loaded pollen sacs on the legs of the photo that Lisa
submits. It’s starting to get late for bees, as only the mated queen will survive
the winter to get the whole cycle started again next spring.
**Brian Stone went
out early on Thursday to Petit-Cap to check for special visitors, but did not
have too much luck with those. He saw a few regularly-expected birds, but got
some fantastic photos. A few dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS [Pluvier semipalmé]
were still present, along with one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER [Bécasseau
semipalmé]. Two BALD EAGLES [Pygargue à tête blanche] were resting on the
sandbar, and several hundred DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS [Cormoran à aigrettes]
were doing the same, but were too distant for a photo. A pair of SANDERLINGS
[Bécasseau sanderling] added a bit of variety at the last moment. A group of
four to five CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLIES [Piéride du chou] were interacting with
each other like a tiny white whirlwind along the edge of the beach. The wind
from the strong weather earlier had sculptured artistic contrails of sand
behind objects on the beach, which Brian got photos of.
In other areas, Brian photographed a GREAT CORMORANT [Grand
Cormoran] that was reported by Mitch Doucet at the Petit-Cap wharf, and a WOOD
DUCK [Canard branchu] and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT [Cormoran à aigrettes] at
the Cap-Pelé lagoons. Note the male Wood Duck is back in breeding plumage
already. Brian’s comparison photos of Great Cormorant and Double-crested
Cormorant nice show the easily recognized head and breast features to
differentiate the two juvenile birds. The yellow throat with white pouch behind
and the dark neck area of the Great Cormorant show nicely in Brian’s photos.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (JUVENILE). SEPT. 24, 2020. BRIAN STONE
