Nature Moncton Nature News: July 19 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 19, 2017 (Wednesday)

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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
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**Mariah Robichaud, from the Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, is asking for Nature Moncton volunteers to give 1-2 hrs to clean up a critical areas in the greater Moncton area. She also asks anyone if they would like an area to be included. Mariah's note is attached with all contact information.

The Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance is wondering if Nature Moncton would like to help us clean-up a critical location in Greater Moncton?

Usually these clean-ups take 1-2 hours with 5-10 volunteers! We have a list of sites that need to be cleaned up but also are open to any suggestions to potential new clean-up sites.

Thanks,

Mariah

Mariah Robichaud, BSc. BioChem

Project Intern

Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance/

Alliance du basin versant Petitcodiac

(W): 506 384 3369

**Cris Wilbur photographed a darner dragonfly on the beach near her home in the Cap Pele area. Gilles Belliveau looked at the photo and comments top view photos can make identification more difficult, while side views included do make it much more helpful as this is the view many guides use to help in identification. In saying that, Gilles suspects that this is a VARIABLE DARNER dragonfly.

**Brian Stone made a check of the growing common milkweed patch in the Gorge Rd near the Trans Canada highway with MONARCH butterfly evidence in mind. None was found but lots and of other insects enjoying milkweed blooms that are starting to pass their best before date to include AZURE butterflies, EUROPEAN SKIPPER butterflies, FLOWER FLIES, MINING BEES, and LADY BEETLE pupa. Brian also heard the loud call of a DOG-DAY CICADA and after a half hour of following the sound found and photographed the large insect that can call so loud on hot days at the moment in high white pine trees but this one seems to be on tamarack.

Am also including a female LANCET CLUBTAIL dragonfly Brian took a few days ago.

**I recently photographed a RED-TAILED hawk from a back and side view noting the plumage as different from what I had seen before of a juvenile red-tailed hawk. Todd Watts took a look at the photos and feels it is a young-of-the-year recently fledged bird. The varying lengths of its feathers indicate a very young bird. It seemed to be doing very well honing its hunting skills.

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Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton