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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
May 18,
2022 (Wednesday)
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**A very
big thank you to Andrew Darcy for his Tuesday night presentation on the very large number of
underwater community members that we just never get to see and possibly never
will. Andrew’s experience with the research and monitoring branch of the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans was a real eye-opener and we are very
fortunate to have a keen naturalist doing this research to share it with us.
Also a thank
you to Fred Richards for successfully being able to share the live presentation
with folks who were not able to get there in person.
**Louise Nichols took a walk down old Fairfield Rd in
Sackville on Monday. White-throated Sparrows were in full serenade
with three or more singing at the same time. Many new migrant warblers
were also in the area, especially Black-throated Green, Nashville
and Yellow-rumped Warblers. On her way back, while driving along Buck Road, Louise spotted two Turkey Vultures in the ditch, perhaps cleaning up
some carrion. One of them flew when Louise's car approached, but the
other stayed put, allowing Louise to get some fairly close photos.
**Susan Richards had a female
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak stop in Tuesday to their Taylor Village yard and
did much the same thing as the male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak did Monday.
It flitted from the sunflower seed feeder to the tree, to the nyjer
feeder, to the ground then on the wooden stick holding the feeders up high,
then gone. There were no sounds Susan could hear coming from her nor the
male yesterday, just a quiet show, then gone. She got some photos of the
female but not the male. Susan is 'camera ready' now!
Susan has cut-in-half oranges out on a 4-posted shepherd's hook and is on the watch for orioles.
Susan also
heard Bobolinks in the fields Tuesday morning after a thunderstorm.
**Jim Johnson in Scotch Settlement reports the Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds have arrived. There were only a few until Tuesday night when
numbers suddenly swelled to a dozen. He has lots of Tree Swallows and a
few Bobolinks are being noticed.
**Brian Stone only made it out to his back yard deck
on Tuesday but managed to get a few photos anyway. A dark, orangey Mining
Bee landed on the patio stones long enough for a quick photo and the Spruce
Trees were blooming with new pollen and seed cones. While he was waiting
and hoping for more bees to show up he noticed a small, white-ish flutter in
the nearby shrubbery and he rushed to get the photo of a Bluish Spring Moth (editor’s
note: this moth is very easily confused with the Northern Azure Butterfly until
looked at closely) that had stopped just long enough to make Brian's best photo
of the day.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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