NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 6,
2023
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**Mother Nature was very generous on Wednesday night to let rain
and thunderstorm predictions open to clear skies for a very successful
Wednesday evening walk.
Susan Richards led the group to the Beaumont area, which was once
home to a very active village with all the amenities, and was very interesting
to visit a stone quarry that once was a major part of it. The scenery was
spectacular from that vantage in an area near at hand that many of us simply
had not visited. The area had lots of regrowth supporting flora and
fauna that kept the group exploring until the dying embers of light.
Thanks to Susan Richards for researching the area and
sharing it with the group to get to know another amazing nook of New Brunswick.
**Brian Stone shares some photos from Nature
Moncton's Wednesday Night Walk. He has more pictures to share but did not
have time to process them and will send them for the next edition. Photos sent
were of a vocal and curious Swainson's Thrush calling close beside the
trail and some images of the large group participating in the walk, and some of
the fabulous scenery noted along the way.
**With the weather
changing almost on an hourly basis Georges Brun photographed a Common Eider
at a particular time (11h29) moving with the flow of the Petitcodiac River just
after the tidal bore. Then at 13h53, a flock of Common Eider (most
were of male gender) lifted from the river near the outlet of Trans-Aqua.
A bonus was
a female Northern Harrier flying low, looking for lunch along the roadway
and Riverview Marsh. With high humidity, photography was problematic at
that distance from the Chateau Moncton parking area. The Northern Harrier
was perched atop an old trunk tree mid-marsh for the longest time. Luckily,
Georges knew where it hung out and got a few photos.
The juvenile
Peregrine Falcon lays atop its nest box, which is different from other years
and other birds.
**Wednesday’s
turbulent weather rolled up an impressive foam line along Parlee Beach in
Shediac. John Hamer photographed it before it disappeared.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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