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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
June 2, 2025
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To
view the live feed of the Peregrine Falcon nest cam on the summit of Assumption
Place in Moncton, go to:
**Sam LeGresley was able to capture a
documentary video of a monarch butterfly as it hopped and skipped around
Sackville, NB, on May 29.
This sure is early for a monarch butterfly to
appear in New Brunswick when milkweed is barely popping through the ground.
Take a look at Sam’s documentary video below:
**Brigitte Greene got a surprise when she was
photographing an osprey nest, which appeared like it had a stick it it, back in April. When Brigitte returned home and looked at the photo
on her computer, she was surprised to find it was a nesting great-horned owl.
Brigitte was able to photograph it again on Sunday from a distance and was pleasantly surprised to see a good-sized owlet within the nest with its mother. The nest was very open to all the cold, wet weather we had this spring, so the owl is fortunate to be raising a youngster.
**Brian Stone checked out a small pollinator
garden in Riverview on Sunday and noticed one patch of Solomon's seal
was in bloom. While he was in the area, he also checked out a beaver pond
that was reported to him by Barbara Smith and found a large pond that promises
the possibility of interesting life over the warm months ahead. A third stop on
Sunday was a quick peek at the bog across the road from the Riverview
Sobeys store, and he found bog rosemary and bog laurel in bloom. Plus,
pitcher plants were beginning to produce their soon-to-be-tall flowers.
Brian stepped in only a few meters this time to avoid getting his feet soaked. The
regular bog orchids will appear in a few weeks, and then it will be worth
getting soggy to get good views of them.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
