** This time of year we see small flies flying about with bits of white
fibres in tow, looking looking like small snowflakes. These are ALDER WOOLY
APHIDS [Puceron lanigère de l'aulne] in their adult stage on their mating
flights. Brian Stone got a photo of one on that mission on Friday.
** Myron Kelly was harvesting his small potato patch on Saturday and
encountered 4 AMERICAN TOADS [Crapaud d’Amérique]. The interesting point was
that one was a plump mature, the second one smaller, the third smaller again,
and the fourth one only one and a quarter inch long.
** Aldo Dorio got a nice photo of an adult HORNED LARK [Alouette
hausse-col] at the Hay Island shoreline on Saturday. Hopefully, we will see more
of this species as the fall and winter progress.
** Lynda Leclerc was recently in Chester, England, and visited a falconry
there. She was given the opportunity to hold a GYRFALCON [Faucon gerfaut] on her
arm, and comments that it was an interesting experience.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
GYRFALCON IN CHESTER, ENGLAND ON ARM OF LYNDA LECLERC.
GYRFALCON IN CHESTER, ENGLAND ON ARM OF LYNDA LECLERC.
HORNED LARK.OCT 1, 2016.ALDO DORIO
SHEDIAC FALL FESTIVAL.RAY GAUVIN
WOOLY ALDER APHID 01. SEPT. 30, 2016. BRIAN STONE
