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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
August 6, 2025
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**This week’s Nature Moncton
Wednesday walk is happening tonight at the Dieppe portion of the Riverfront
Trail. All details below:
**Wednesday Night Walk
Date: Wednesday, August 6,
2025, 6:30 PM
Location: Dieppe portion of the
Riverfront Trail
Meeting place: Parking lot off
Acadie Avenue, Dieppe
Leader: Maureen Girvan
Together, we’ll enjoy a 2-3 KM walk
along the Dieppe portion of the Riverfront Trail. The trail runs parallel to
Amirault Street and is flat, wide, and covered with small, crushed stone. The
group may see or hear Virginia rails and Nelson’s sparrows, along with all the
usual birds.
The turn-off for the parking lot is
located on Acadie Avenue where there is a break in the guard rail and just
before the road turns into Amirault Street.
Bug spray and protective clothing are
recommended. Don’t forget to wear your name tag too! All are welcome, Nature
Moncton members or not.
**Chris Antle has been patiently
waiting, but the reward arrived on Tuesday when one lone female monarch
butterfly landed in her Maquapit Lake milkweed patch to immediately start
ovipositing.
Chris comments that they are having a
celebration.
(Editor’s note: One female is indeed
something to celebrate. In a recent presentation, Jim Wilson pointed out that a
female can lay 4-6000 eggs over her six-week lifespan. That’s a lot of
potential!)
**Georges Brun shares three nice
photographs taken at the Landing next to Chateau Moncton, including a common
loon, an osprey flying overhead, and a perfectly dressed cedar
waxwing.
George's comments that there was so much smoke in the sky, it made the sun appear brilliant
orange. A common whitetail dragonfly
was resting along the Rabbit Brook trail between West Lane and Jones
Street.
**Jane LeBlanc in St. Martins was
driving the back road where she normally bikes to avoid road construction. Almost every time she drives there, she sees one or two merlins sitting
in the same area, if not the same tree. She got a photo on Tuesday.
**It’s that time of year when we will
see many fledgling birds. Some early spring starters that nest only once per
season may have fledged some time ago; others that nest more than once per
season may be on their second brood, while others that are typically late
starters are just getting their nesting mission underway.
John Inman noted a variety of young
birds Tuesday morning around his Harvey yard, including song sparrows, rose-breasted
grosbeaks, a northern parula, and a common yellowthroat warbler.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
