NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 18, 2017 ( Tuesday )
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** Dale Halfpenny got a photo of two juvenile PEREGRINE
FALCONS [Faucon pèlerin] at Fundy National Park late last week looking like
maiden flights will be happening soon if some have not started already.
** Gordon Rattray photographed a recently fledged
KILLDEER [Pluvier kildir] chick. The adults had their nest on the Hillsborough
baseball field and two chicks were fledged. When Killdeer chicks hatch they
leave the simple scrape nest immediately. Gordon also got a photo of an AZURE
BUTTERFLY. We always have identified Azures as Spring, Summer, or Cherry Gall
Azures, but some today feel that they may not actually be different species,
hence the use of just "Azure" for the time being.
** Lisa Morris comments on an AZURE BUTTERFLY that very much did not want
to cooperate for a photo until patience led it to a nice still photo on a Daisy.
Azures always seem to be on a mission when it comes to photographs.
** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a very content, sub-adult
BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] with its roadkill prize on Monday,
performing its sanitary engineer role. Aldo also got a close up photo of
a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO [Coulicou à bec noir] which struck a window. The
bird flew off shortly after seeming to be ok. Aldo also got photos of the day
flying moth VIRGINIA CTENUCHA and a GREEN MARVEL MOTH.
** I'm attaching a photo of one of the FISHFLY species that came to my moth
light Sunday night. These are large insects that are now on mating flights and
spend most of their life cycle under water. They have four large veined wings. I
had a photo of the split open wings, however gremlins got the photo on its way
to the photo line-up!
I neglected to add the photo of the Canola plant flower cluster in
yesterday's edition. It has been attached today.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature
Moncton
AZURE BUTTERFLY. JULY 17, 2017. GORDON RATTRAY
AZURE BUTTERFLY.JULY 17, 2017. LISA MORRIS
BALD EAGLE (IMMATURE).JULY 17, 2017.ALDO DORIO
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.JULY 17, 2017.ALDO DORIO
CANOLA PLANT.JULY 16, 2017.NELSON POIRIER
FISHFLY SP..JULY 17, 2017.NELSON POIRIER
GREEN MARVEL MOTH.JULY 17, 2017.ALDO DORIO
KILLDEER FLEDGLING. JULY 16, 2017. GORDON RATTRAY
KILLDEER.(ADULT) JULY 16, 2017. GORDON RATTRAY
PEREGRINE FALCONS.FUNDY NATIONAL PARK.JULY 17, 2017.DALE HALFPENNY
VIRGINEA CTENUCHA MOTH.JULY 17, 2017.ALDO DORIO
