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Sunday 4 June 2023

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              NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

   June 4, 2023

 

 

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**It is with a great deal of sadness that we must report the very sudden passing of Roger Leblanc.

Roger took a heart attack in his motel room here at the Festival of Nature early Saturday morning, and the very fast response of paramedics was not able to resuscitate him.

This is a huge loss to the naturalist community in NB. Roger was so free to share his knowledge with others as he was about to do on Saturday morning yet again.

We all think of Dyane and his family as they have to cross this bridge.

What a loss to us all!

 

**Jim Johnson in McDougall Settlement must have some secret potion for his Ruby-throated Hummingbird patrons, and even more amazing is their amazing harmony with their kin!

Take a look at the action at the attached link:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qqwzwyevyskogy9/Hummingbirds.mp4?dl=0

 

**On Tuesday, May 30th, Brian Stone made a brief stop at the Sackville Waterfowl Park and photographed just a few avian inhabitants and sends the images he made of a male Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Phoebes, Tree Swallows, and a male Blue-winged Teal Duck. The weather was cool and sunny, but the camera didn't work too hard that day.

 

 

**Brian Stone found a heavy load of mosquitoes on his walk in the White Rock Recreational Park at Hillsborough on Thursday. It made taking pictures a bit more difficult and uncomfortable, but he sends those that he managed to get. A distant Black-throated Blue Warbler was first followed by American Robin Fledglings, a male Purple Finch, and then a few smaller inhabitants. A Beaverpond Baskettail Dragonfly perched close by, as well as a smaller Damselfly, a Crane Fly, a pair of mating Water Striders, and a small Wolf Spider.

 

At a second spot on the same day at the Salisbury Wetlands on Government Rd. Brian photographed Tree Swallows, Killdeer, Canada Geese, a large group of Goslings, an Eastern Kingbird, a male Red-winged Blackbird, and a male Wood Duck standing beside a Canada Goose.

 

 

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BLUE-WINGED TEAL DUCK (MALE). MAY 30, 2023. BRIAN STONE

CANADA GOOSE AND WOOD DUCK. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

CANADA GEESE AND GOSLINGS. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

AMERICAN REDSTART (MALE). JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

EASTERN PHOEBE. MAY 30, 202. BRIAN STONE

EASTERN PHOEBE. MAY 30, 202. BRIAN STONE

EASTERN KINGBIRD. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

AMERICAN ROBIN (FLEDGLING). JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

KILLDEER. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

PURPLE FINCH (MALE). JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE


TREE SWALLOW. MAY 30, 2023.. BRIAN STONE



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (MALE). JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (MALE). MAY 30, 2023. BRIAN STONE

BEAVERPOND BASKETTAIL DRAGONFLY. JUNE 1, 2023. BRIAN STONE


DAMSELFLY. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

CRANE FLY. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

WATER STRIDERS. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

WOLF SPIDER. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE

HOBBLEBUSH. JUNE 01, 2023. BRIAN STONE