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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Richard Blacquiere reports that a GREEN
HERON [Héron vert] continues its summer vacation at the Hampton lagoons
commenting that it has been there for almost 2 months now. Richard shares a
great photo.
** Louise Nichols got to Petit-Cap on
Tuesday to find the shorebirds are beginning to move in. She saw 8 species,
although a couple were just fly-overs and/or single birds. The YELLOWLEGS [Chevalier]
were in fairly good numbers as were the SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS [Pluvier
semipalmé]. She saw a few BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS [Pluvier argenté] and just a
handful of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS [Bécasseau semipalmé]. Louise also saw one,
lone CASPIAN TERN [Sterne caspienne] and 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS [Mouette de
Bonaparte] (juvenile and adult). Louise suspects there must have been some
haziness close to the ground because she could not get a clear photo of the
Caspian Tern or the Bonaparte’s Gulls.
Louise also got a photo of a NELSON'S
SPARROW [Bruant de Nelson] almost in the open which is unusual for this
secretive, skulky species. Louise comments that a species of mosquito must have
just emerged there as well and they certainly made their presence known. She
didn’t get a mosquito photo but she swatted lots!
** On Tuesday morning Marguerite Winsor
was lucky to see 2 beautiful BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES [Papillon du celery]
that had just hatched. She placed them on a bouquet of wild flowers and they
stayed around for about 20 minutes or so to get some super photos. Yesterday
she noticed that 4 of the chrysalids were split open but she had missed them
emerging. She still has 3 more and so she will be watching very carefully,
hopefully to witness them emerging. On Tuesday morning around 6:00 am
Marguerite was able to photograph the full Moon going down against the trees …
a very beautiful sight.
Marguerite has picked up 16 MONARCH BUTTERFLY
[Monarque] caterpillars last week and 5 are in the chrysalis now. By the end of
this week most of them will be in chrysalis. She is going to hang them in her
outdoor tree so they will be free to go when they hatch.
** Georges Brun visited the Bis Marsh
on Tuesday morning to find 3 GREAT BLUE
HERONS [Grand Héron] there. One immature bird made its way to Georges’ open
spot to put on a great show 20 feet away from him snapping up small minnows and
eels.
** Aldo Dorio got photos of several
apparent young-of-the-year birds at Hay Island on Tuesday to include the
warblers CAPE MAY WARBLER [Paruline tigrée], CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER [Paruline à flancs
marron], AMERICAN REDSTART [Paruline
flamboyante] and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT [Paruline masquée]. A fledged PURPLE FINCH
[Roselin pourpré] joined in. Believe me I needed Gilles Belliveau’s guidance on
these. Fall warblers are bad enough let alone fledglings. Gilles comments that
most of them are simply muted versions of the adults which is not much
consolation for many of us trying to ID them.
** Brian Stone visited Bell/Wilson
Marsh on Tuesday and he was very fortunate to get an AMERICAN BITTERN [Butor
d'Amérique] doing its sky stare as camouflage and got several nice photos. He
also got nice open and closed wing photos of BRONZE COPPER BUTTERFLIES [Bronzé]
looking quite fresh.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
