NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE. June 19, 2021
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**A
heads-up that next Tuesday evening (June 22nd) will be the first of the regular
Tuesday evening outings of Nature Moncton to local points of interest that are
planned to run 1 ½-2 hours. President Fred Richards has orchestrated this idea.
The one this coming week will be to the Dobson Trail head, with more details as
to time and meeting place to follow.
**There have
been reports of some SANDHILL CRANE [Grue du Canada] action again in Jolicure,
so Louise Nichols checked it out on Thursday and did see one in a ploughed
field off the Parson Road close to Highway 16. Although
the feathers are often grey, sometimes they can have a reddish-brown
appearance. This is because Sandhill Cranes preen themselves by rubbing mud on
their feathers and mud from iron-rich environments is often red. I
would assume they would have lots of opportunity to do this in the area Louise
took this photograph showing this adult bird with this much brown.
All day Thursday in their yard, Louise kept
hearing a bird call, just one fairly loud sharp note over and over again. She could
not see the bird until the evening when it came out more in the open and she
discovered it was a fledgling HERMIT THRUSH [Grive solitaire]. She got a video
of it calling. Just a reminder that sometimes the calls of fledglings can stump
us. Listen to what Louise heard at the attached link.
Elaine Gallant, Wendy Sullivan, and Louise
went out to Cape Jourimain on Thursday afternoon. One interesting observation
was the DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS [Cormoran à aigrettes] nesting on the PEI
Confederation Bridge pylons where there is a bit of a shelf. There were nests
on seeming every shelf pylon that they could see, with cormorants sitting on
eggs.
This
reminds me of a bridge in Pictou, Nova Scotia that is lined with a very large
colony of Double-crested Cormorants nesting right beside very busy traffic.
**Cynthia
MacKenzie photographed a SPRING PEEPER [Rainette crucifère] in her Moncton
yard. The Spring Peeper only goes to water in the spring to breed, then returns
to land, and we can see them almost anywhere during the summer and fall
seasons. They do make vocalizations that can almost sound like a bird in a tree
as a solo vocalizer, not by the dozen as in the spring.
Cynthia
also got a photo of the beautiful COLUMBIA SILKMOTH [Saturnie du mélèze].This
has similarities to the large CECROPIA MOTH [Saturnie cécropia] but is smaller.
**Wayne
Fairchild got a great photo of a spread-out very fresh-looking unblemished
CANADIAN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL [Papillon tigré du Canada] enjoying their yard LILAC
[Lilas] bush, as so many nectaring insects are, at the peak of the blooming of
the Lilac window.
**Lois
Budd was surprised to see red berries on a shrub in her yard already. Lois
sends a photo, and the berries show the twin ovary typical of one of our
Honeysuckle [Chèvrefeuille] species. Other berries that ripen early would be
Serviceberry [Amélanchier], and Lois comments that her cultivar HASKAP
[Camerise] berries are nearly ready for harvest.
**Gordon Rattray sends a photo of a HOBOMOK
SKIPPER BUTTERFLY. Note the clear spatulate
apex of the antennae typical of the skippers, instead of the club shape typical
of butterflies.
**Brian Stone shares more images from his walk in the White
Rock Recreational Area in Hillsborough on Thursday. He saw several varieties of
dragonfly including a female DOT-TAILED WHITEFACE, male and female
CHALK-FRONTED CORPORALS, several LANCET CLUBTAILS, and many female COMMON
WHITETAILS. Butterflies photographed were DREAMY DUSKYWING, SILVERY BLUE,
NORTHERN CRESCENT, and lots of HOBOMOK SKIPPERS.
A
pair of DARK-EYED JUNCOS made an effort to harass Brian as he walked the trail,
likely wanting him to move away from their nesting area. Some smaller life
photographed included a BEE FLY, a CRANE FLY, WATER STRIDERS, a HAIRY FLOWER
SCARAB BEETLE (aka BEE MIMIC BEETLE), and a TOOTHED SOMBERWING MOTH.
As
reported in the previous edition he then managed to find the WESTERN TAILED-BLUE
and NORTHERN CLOUDYWING butterflies to complete his outing. As he finished his
photography the rain started having been kind enough to wait until he was ready
to leave.
**Aldo
Dorio photographed the colourful ROSY MAPLE MOTH day perching on Saturday
morning.
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