NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 30, 2025
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**The regular Nature Moncton
Wednesday evening walk is on for tonight, Wednesday, July 30, with all details
below:
** JULY
30 WEDNESDAY EVENING WALK
Date:
Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 6:30 PM
Location:
Tucker Street lagoons
Meeting
place: End of Tucker Street, Upper Coverdale
Leader:
Brian Stone
Join us on
July 30 for an easy walk and view of the Tucker Street lagoons in Upper
Coverdale. This 1.6 KM walk will begin with a short hill down to a flat, easy
trail. Walkers can anticipate seeing a variety of duck species at several
ponds.
Bug spray
and protective clothing are recommended. Don’t forget to wear your name tag
too! All are welcome, Nature Moncton members or not.
**While
looking for tags on the legs of gulls, Georges Brun managed to capture a photo of a lone great
egret on the edge of the Halls Creek as it entered the Petitcodiac River
by Chateau Moncton. Georges comments that he did not realize the egret was
nestled among the gulls until he looked closely at his computer screen! It’s
just not very often we see an egret buddying up with a group of gulls, or could it be, as in this case, that they are easily overlooked.
**Suzanne
Rousseau in Sussex has found her first monarch butterfly caterpillar.
She saw an adult butterfly ovipositing on July 16. She found the caterpillar on her butterfly
weeds, which have a lot of milkweed beetles that she discards every day.
Suzanne carefully transferred the caterpillar to her common milkweed.
**Daryl
Doucette shares a photo of a male house finch. The male house finch is
often confused with the male purple finch at first glance. The plumage of the
male house finch is variable, but usually brownish streaks can be seen on the flank, the tail tip is squarish, the upper bill (culman) is slightly rounded, and the crown of the head is smooth, making it easy to eliminate the possibility of a purple finch. The vocalization of the house finch is also more raspy.
The house
finch is not typically seen outside of an urban area.
Nelson
Poirier.
Nature Moncton
