Nature Moncton Nature News: Aug 20 2020

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, August 20, 2020 (Thursday)

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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)

** Yvette Richard got what may be the most pleasant background in a photo to one of our juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERONS [Aigrette bleue] at the Sackville Waterfowl Park on Wednesday. She also got it intent on enjoying a frog. It is looking like our welcome visitors may not be quite so welcome to the frog community! Yvette also got a great photo of a GREEN HERON [Héron vert] that she found at the Saint-Edouard-de-Kent marsh on Wednesday.

**We have been very lucky to get some nice photos of juvenile YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS this season. They fool many folk. Georges Brun got a photo of one that visited his small urban forest on Churchill St. in Moncton, not an expected site to see this species.

** Fred Dube shares 2 more moth photos that visited his home … the PALE BEAUTY MOTH and the FALSE CROCUS GEOMETER MOTH. Both of these are mid-sized moths.

** Aldo Dorio got a photo of a BLUE-HEADED VIREO [Viréo à tête bleue] on Wednesday. Note the clearly defined “spectacles” and short, thick bill. He also photographed an adult male YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER [Paruline à croupion jaune] to show the split white eye ring, black mask, and sharp yellow patches as well as the distinct white throat.

** Brian Stone visited the Rue Niles and Petit-Cap areas in Cap Pele on Wednesday and found lots of birds to photograph to include OSPREY [Balbuzard pêcheur], BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS [Pluvier argenté], many BONAPARTE'S GULLS [Mouette de Bonaparte], SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS [Pluvier semipalmé], RUDDY TURNSTONES [Tournepierre à collier], WILLETS [Chevalier semipalmé], WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS [Bécasseau à croupion blanc] and large numbers of GREAT BLUE HERONS [Grand Héron]. Brian got some great photos of all the activity that are attached. One photo shows the slight red base of the lower mandible of the White-rumped Sandpiper that is a helpful clue in their identification when it can be seen.

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