NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 28 August
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by: Catherine Clements
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**Roger
LeBlanc paid a visit to BIS MARSH on Friday and was able to observe 10
different species of shorebirds. Roger very much recommends this site at the
moment as tide is less important to shorebird presence. Bis Marsh can be
accessed off Louis Street in Dieppe by taking the path to the Riverfront Trail,
turn right and then take a short path through the woods to the marsh. The
actual numbers of the 10 different shorebird species were hard to assess at
times due to PEREGRINE FALCON activity. There was also lots of ducks at
that site in confusing fall plumages. The nine species of shorebirds tallied
were 3-400 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, lots of SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, and 1
WILSON’S PHALAROPE rope in fall plumage, SPOTTED SANDPIPER and SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHER.
A
nice diverse selection in one spot. (Editor’s note: don’t count as I missed one
Roger mentioned!)
**Among the
hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls Thursday evening, Rosita Lanteigne was able to
observe a Little Gull in flight very clearly at the Caraquet water
purification site located on Route 11.
**Jane LeBlanc had two medium
size MONARCH BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS on Friday in her St. Martins yard,
one on common milkweed, the other on swamp milkweed.
Jane
also photographed another caterpillar which on consult with Jim Edsall suspects
to be the YELLOW-WOOLLY BEAR (SPILOSOMA VIRGINICA). As an adult moth, it
is called the VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH.
**It surely has been a banner season for the fruit and cone crop. Aldo Dorio sends some photos of WILD RAISIN and CHOKECHERRY shrubs loaded with fruit. The Wild Raisin have gone from their green start to pale pinkish and will soon go to dark blue.
Aldo
also got a photo of a DOWNY WOODPECKER
showing the red spot on the crown. This occurs in some young of the year HAIRY and DOWNY WOODPECKERS but will relocate at the back of the head in the
next molt.
Aldo
also photographed a very fresh MOURNING
CLOAK BUTTERFLY on Friday. This will probably be the last new emergence of
this species for the season, and chances are this individual will overwinter
just as it appears in the photo.
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