Wednesday, 30 July 2025

July 30 2025

 

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

July 30, 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

 

 

To respond by e-mail, please address your message to the information line editor,  nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com .

 

 

Please advise the editor at nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com  and the proofreader Louise Nichols at Nicholsl@eastlink.ca if any errors are noted in wording or photo labelling.



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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.

 

 

 

 Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

Nelson Poirier.

Nature Moncton



GREAT EGRET AMONG GULLS. JULY 29, 2025. GEORGES BRUN


GREAT EGRET AMONG GULLS. JULY 29, 2025. GEORGES BRUN


GREAT EGRET AMONG GULLS. JULY 29, 2025. GEORGES BRUN




HOUSE FINCH (MALE). JULY 26, 2025. DARYL DOUCETTE


MONARCH BUTTERFLY CATERPILLAR. JULY 29, 2025. SUZANNE ROUSSEAU