NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
September 28, 2025
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**Jane
LeBlanc has many birds in her yard and is having a hard time identifying them
in their fall colours. A shadow darner dragonfly was hovering
over her pond, so for fun, she cranked up her shutter speed to try to catch one
on the fly.
Then
Jane and Ed (and Piper) took a drive to Hampton. On the lagoons were several
species, including gadwalls (male in photos), a yellow-rumped
warbler, which stumped Jane until it turned around. The dramatic fall
plumage change of the blackpoll warbler was quickly identified by Gilles
Belliveau, as well as his appreciated prompt help in confirming the others.
**On
Saturday evening, Brian Stone celebrated "Astronomy Day" by
photographing the waxing crescent Moon as it hovered in the
constellation of Scorpius, next to one of the constellation's stars. Soon, a
light haze of clouds began to move in, which reduced Brian's ability to get any
dimmer astronomical subjects, so his evening of night photography was cut
short.
**Nelson
Poirier recently spent several days camped in the hinterland of New Brunswick,
north of Edmonston, near the Québec border. The mountains flashing their autumn
colours were stunning. A variety of wildlife was observed, with most of it
choosing not to be photographed.
The bird that fascinated Nelson
the most was the horned lark. There were many of them in flocks of 20-30,
and the habitat they chose, as shown in one photo, was a strip cut from a
wooded area that had been recently done, with very little greenery in the
background to make the birds unbelievably cryptic. They seemed to know it, as they had very little trepidation about humans taking photographs.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
