** Louise Richard photographed a CABBAGE WHITE butterfly in her Moncton yard on
Sunday, getting the photo from two angles. The Cabbage White is one of the early
appearing butterflies.
** Marlene Hickman dropped by the Beaubassin Research Station on Monday. The Black-throated Sparrow has not been seen in over a week now. It appeared to leave when the many other sparrows there dispersed. Marlene comments on two pairs of NORTHERN SHOVELER [Canard souchet] ducks that are using the pond that runs on the western side of the road there.
** The book launch of the second atlas of the breeding birds of the Maritime Provinces is happening tonight, Tuesday night May 10, in Sackville with details attached below. Early reviews of this publication have been very positive.
Book
Launch!
Please join Bird Studies Canada, the
Canadian Wildlife Service, and all Atlas partners for the launch of the most
complete and current source of information on the status of breeding birds in
our region – the Second Atlas of
Breeding Birds of the Maritime Provinces.
Where?
Canadian Wildlife Service, 17 Waterfowl
Lane, Sackville, NB
When?
Tuesday, 10 May 2016 at 7:00 pm
For more information on the Atlas,
including the dates of other launch events across the region, please see
www.mba-aom.ca
** One of the sparrows joining us for the summer that we don't seem to have
many photos of yet is the CHIPPING SPARROW [Bruant familier]. I
am adding a photo of one that is enjoying our millet seed offerings.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
CHIPPING SPARROW.MAY 8, 2016.NELSON POIRIER
CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY.MAY 8, 2016..LOUISE RICHARD
CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY.MAY 8, 2016..LOUISE RICHARD
