NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, JULY
26,2020 (SUNDAY)
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**David Christie reports he visited Mary’s
Point beach area on Friday night and Saturday night near post-high tide times.
He did see a flock of approximately 30 small sandpipers he assumed to be SEMISALMATED
SANDPIPERS on both nights. On Friday night he encountered a Merlin family of
four adults screaming and creating quite a ruckus which seemed be created by
marauding crows which they seem to drive off and all went quiet. On Saturday
night he did see three BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at the beach’s edge. Shorebird
arrival is still quite slow there but may soon pick up.
**Aldo Dorio got a photo of a NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH Warbler perched in a tree at Hay Island. This species is usually
lower to the ground in wet areas.
**Anette and Brian Stone paid a visit to
the Johnson Mills shorebird site on Saturday. They found no birds of interest
there as yet however at the Arthur Street lagoon in Memramcook they were
entertained by their RUDDY DUCK group there. The males are still in bright
breeding plumage and frolicking. There were several other duck families present
there.
Brian also got a
nice photo of the POPLAR BORER LONGHORNED BEETLE, one of our colourful quite
large longhorned beetles.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
RUDDY DUCK (MALE). JULY 25, 2020. BRIAN STONE
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH WARBLER. JULY 25, 2020, ALDO DORIO
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH WARBLER. JULY 25, 2020, ALDO DORIO
RUDDY DUCK (FEMALE). JULY 25, 2020. BRIAN STONE
RUDDY DUCK (MALE). JULY 25, 2020. BRIAN STONE
DUCKS AND DUCKLINGS . JULY 25, 2020. BRIAN STONE
POPLAR BORER LONGHORN BEETLE . JULY 25, 2020.. BRIAN STONE
