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**Aldo Dorio photographed a Swainson’s Thrush in his Neguac yard on Monday. Take note of the buffy eye ring and supraloral line (arrowed) with the upper parts of the bird an olive shade that helps to identify this thrush.

 

**Brian Stone sends a few more photos from his outing to Shediac on Sunday to finish off his report. While photographing the storm-petrels, he looked around at times to see what else was in the area and noted hovering Osprey, some Common Terns fishing, and a Great Blue Heron gliding overhead quite close. At the water's surface, a curious Grey Seal checked things out before diving out of sight and remaining that way.

Brian also photographed a late tarrying Iceland Gull.

 

**Brian Stone recently captured some photos of a Green Frog showing bluish coloration. This is a very interesting scenario.

Stephen Hecnar, a herpetologist at Lakehead University, researches this phenomenon and offers some comments to explain this condition.

He comments it occurs in the Green Frog but one missing the yellow pigment that makes its typical hue. Blue versions are “quite rare,” he says, “and rarer even than other colour aberrations such as albinos or yellow-coloured frogs.”

Hecnar is leading a project to track this genetic variation—technically called axanthism—across the range of the Green Frog, from the eastern U.S. into southeastern Canada. “The blue trait seems to be more frequent towards the north and east of the range,” he says. “So more of a Canadian than an American characteristic. But even in Canada, it appears more common in the Maritimes than in Ontario and Quebec.”

If you find an elusive blue frog (or any frog), Hecnar says it’s best to “observe rather than capture,” though he does acknowledge that “many young people learn about nature by capturing frogs, turtles, and snakes.”

 

**Even though he is at least 90% sugar Brian Stone bravely went out in the drizzle and rain to check on the development of the small patch of Pink Lady's Slipper Orchids in the woods behind Crandall University on Tuesday. The orchids were open in full bloom, and Brian photographed them from several angles as the mosquitoes dined on him relentlessly.

 Also in the woods, he photographed Blue Bead Lily (Clintonia), Canada Mayflower, Wild Sarsaparilla, Jack Pine flowers, and a tiny Moth hiding in camouflage on the side of a tree.

 

 

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SWAINSON'S THRUSH. JUNE 6, 2023. ALDO DORIO

OSPREY. JUNE 04, 2023.. BRIAN STONE

COMMON TERN. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

COMMON TERN. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

COMMON TERN. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

GREAT BLUE HERON. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

ICELAND GULL. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

GREEN FROG. (AXANTHISM) MAY 31, 2023. BRIAN STONE

GREEN FROG. (
(AXANTHISM) MAY 31, 2023. BRIAN STONE

GREY SEAL. JUNE 04, 2023. BRIAN STONE

PINK LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

PINK LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

PINK LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

BLUE BEAD LILY (CLINTONIA). JUNE 06, 2023.. BRIAN STONE

BLUE BEAD LILY (CLINTONIA). JUNE 06, 2023.. BRIAN STONE

CANADA MAYFLOWER. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

HAWKWEED. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

WILD SARSAPARILLA. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

JACK PINE FLOWERS. JUNE 06, 2023. BRIAN STONE

MOTH. JUNE 06, 2023.. BRIAN STONE

 

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