NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, June 7, 2021 (Monday)
To respond by email, please address your message to
the information line editor, nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Please advise the editor at nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com if any errors are noted in wording
or photo labelling.
For more information on Nature Moncton, check the
website at www.naturemoncton.com
Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by Susan Richards susan_richards@rogers.com
Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Susan Richards got photos from the canoe adventure of a few of the participants on Sunday June 6th as Nature
Moncton’s contribution to the Festival of Nature. They had a beautiful day weather-wise;
everyone had a good time on the water with their subject matter expert Andrew
Darcy travelling alongside and answering naturalist questions. Jenna Knorr was there and said it was the
largest turnout of any individual event of the Festival of Nature. David Cannon did a great job of organizing
this event and a big ‘Thank you’ for his organizing the event. There were 9 canoes and 7 kayaks, and all of
these stayed upright! There are 2
pictures of canoes and kayaks and the third of a beaver dam nicely hidden but
active, as David said he had heard little noises on a previous day and a beaver
came out of the water and slapped her whole body, not just the tail, to shoo
him away.
**Yves Poussart spent about an hour at the Highland
Park in Salisbury on Sunday morning thanks to the information given by another
photographer who spotted it first, Yves was about to get some great photos of a
COMMON GALLINULE. Yves comments this was
a pleasant ending to the visit.
**Lynda Leclerc sends a photo of a beautiful full
bloom HORSE CHESTNUT TREE. This tree is
an introduced tree to Canada but has become naturalized. When mature its blooms are striking and very
attractive to bees and nectaring insects.
Lynda comments, the sound of buzzing bees around it is amazing.
**Yvette Richard shares another great photo of the
many EASTERN KINGBIRDS being reported this year.
Yvette also got
a photo of an Empidonax Flycatcher which is most easily
identified by their different vocalizations yet plumaged very similarly.
**Aldo Dorio as well photographed an EMPIDONAX
FLYCATCHER from front and rear.
Aldo also got portraits of his Neguac yard pair of
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
**I had a butterfly surprise on Sunday. A small butterfly landed near our deck I was
not familiar with at the moment. Jim Edsall
confirmed it as a ROADSIDE SKIPPER. Two
photos are attached but unfortunately it landed on a black background to not
show as well as it would have showed in a lighter background.
The colourful moths visiting give lots of colour each
morning after these warmer nights. The
medium sized ROSY MAPLE MOTH is common and moth eye candy as is the AZALEA
SPHINX MOTH and ONE-EYED SPHINX MOTH.
I am surprised at the number of huge Polyphemus Moths visiting as well however, no Lunas as yet, for me.
I wish we still had all the bats we used to have visit
nightly to harvest all the small insects attracted to the UV light. It was great for them and amazing to watch
them all cavorting about. Hope they make
a comeback.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
No comments:
Post a Comment