NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 31 July 2021
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by: Catherine Clements
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**An
update on Yolande LeBlanc’s LARK SPARROW
in Memramcook: It was still present on Friday. A dozen folk had an audience
with it on Thursday, some faster than others. It usually returns as soon as its
sparrow kin it is travelling with return. As always, Yolande is very welcoming
to birders.
**Mac
Wilmot photographed a male WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILL while at a woods camp at Guagus on the North Renous River. It
stayed there quite a while until a female showed up with a reassignment. Mac
comments the woods were alive with them. They are very tame and would fly right
through the porch and miss you by just enough. The juveniles and/or females
were very dark, almost black, unlike the paler illustrations in Mac’s guides.
It sure looks like we will have a boom crossbill season, with lots to offer
them in the abundant treetop café of cones.
**Elaine
Gallant got a documentary photo of a PEREGRINE
FALCON from the bridge on the trail to the Pointe-du-Chêne wharf on Friday.
There should be lots of potential prey for it in that area.
**Anna
Tucker visited the Sackville Waterfowl Park on Thursday evening to find lots of
dabbling ducks. The BELTED KINGFISHERS
were using swallow boxes as launch pads to spot and capture small fish, and
offered a nice photo op. As well, there were some not timid AMERICAN Wigeons.
Anna
mentioned the owner of the Marshlands Inn said he has seen a male NORTHERN CARDINAL on their premises the
last 19 days, and it has perched on their front entrance ledge a few times.
**Brian
Stone paid a visit to the Sussex Bluff Trail and shares some photos of the
spectacular vistas from that trail. It was on this trail that Brian
photographed the HELLEBORINE ORCHID.
A few more whole plant and close-up photos of this orchid are attached today.
When
they were hiking the trail and were sitting down on the top enjoying the view,
Annette noticed a strange green long-looking bug walking quickly along the
ground beside her. Upon close inspection, it turned out to be a wasp carrying a
caterpillar, most likely to its nest to use as food for its future larvae. It
turns out to be a THREAD-WAISTED WASP (Ammophilinae).
The caterpillar looks like an ominous load for the smaller wasp to carry, but
no doubt it will feed a lot of hungry larvae.
**The CHANTERELLE MUSHROOM season surely has
been great, but I think if I see any more, I will pass them by!
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