Nature Moncton Nature News: July 10 2025

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

July 10, 2025

Nature Moncton members, as well as any naturalist in New Brunswick or beyond, are invited to share their photos and descriptions of recent nature sightings to build a fresh (almost) daily edition of Nature News

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**On Wednesday, Gordon Rattray had an extended visit from a monarch butterfly to his swamp milkweed at the front of his home. She stayed for about an hour and was so focused on ovipositing on the plant that she did not react to Gordon’s closeness. After she left, Gordon located several leaves with eggs.

**Aldo Dorio photographed a cooperative young-of-the-year red fox at Hay Island on Wednesday. It will develop its longer-flowing pelage by fall.

**Brian Stone shares some photos from the Nature Moncton Wednesday Night Walk that was composed of 19 participants under the excellent leadership of Louise Nichols. Some birds, plants, and mosquitoes were seen, and the trail was scenic and comfortable to walk on. Besides some participant photos, Brian took pictures of wood sorrel, ghost pipe, and pyrola. Many interesting discussions were had as the group walked the trails.

The loud vocalization of the evening chorus of Swainson’s thrush captured the group's interest.

Many birds were heard, and the results were submitted to eBird.

The forest trails were heavily laden with a variety of the expected ferns. Maureen Girvan took note and photographed the tapering-to-the-base of the pinna of the New York fern (arrowed), which is a characteristic of only two of our native ferns: the New York fern and the much larger ostrich fern.

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