Nature Moncton Nature News: June 22 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 22, 2023

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**The first of the season Nature Moncton Wednesday evening walk to Haut du Ruisseau trails in Memramcook was very pleasant under sunny skies on the first day of the Summer Solstice with lots of fauna and flora to sleuth. 20+ participants missed little, with Alain Clavette joining as a guide with his usual enthusiasm and knowledge to share.

Many photos of observations were recorded, with many birds vocalizing that chose to entertain the group with their symphony but not be photographed!

Maureen Girvan got a quick documentary photo of a Red Admiral Butterfly.

A cooperative yet distant Red-tailed Hawk captured attention.

**Brian Stone did his best to capture some photos of the participants and wildlife seen on the Nature Moncton Wednesday Walk at the Haut-du-Ruisseau Nature Park in Memramcook on Wednesday evening. A good variety of spring and early summer birds were seen and heard, and some photographed were a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a Northern Parula Warbler, a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a distant Red-tailed Hawk, and a Black-capped Chickadee.

In a small pond beside the trail, a few Green Frogs were calling to each other, and a Six-spotted Fishing Spider was using the surface tension of the water to sit patiently in the center of the pond and wait for unlucky prey to come near. A small Long-jawed Orb Weaver Spider was web-building in the tall leaves along the pond's edge. In one area, a few dozen White Spring Moths were congregating in the trees and bushes beside an open field.

**James Rossiter got a photo of a Black-throated Green Warbler from a frontal view that shows the brilliant yellow crown of this warbler when viewed from this position.

**Sean Galloway shares a photo of a Common Goldeneye with her contented clutch of ducklings. This photo was taken in British Columbia and shared with Nature Moncton member Lynda Leclerc. This species is common in New Brunswick as well.

**Brian Stone visited the Peregrine Falcon Nest Box on the Moncton Assumption Building on Wednesday morning early in full sunlight ... finally. The teenage chicks were perching out on the edge of the box, one at a time, and exercising their wings in preparation for inaugural flight soon. One adult parent was perching on the top of the nest box and watching the youngster's progress.