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NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

May 23, 2022 (Monday)

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**It’s always pleasant when driving along to spot a raptor, especially when it stops for a nice view and even more so for a photograph. That happened for Fred and Sue Richards as they drove out on Friday to Cape Tormentine when they caught a glimpse of the bird on top of a hydro pole that posed for a photograph turning out to be a Broad-winged Hawk.

**The Gadwall ducks are starting to appear at Hay Island. Aldo Dorio got a photo of a pair at that site on Sunday.

**Rheal Vienneau photographed a Fishing Spider near his Belleisle cabin recently. This is one of our larger spiders in length and is often found near water. They are known to take a bubble of air and swim underwater to prey on tadpoles, small fish, or other underwater critters.

**A Green Frog paused for a brief photograph for Matthew Poirier before it quickly hopped off on its nocturnal mission on Sunday night.

**Brian Stone visited Highland Park wetlands in Salisbury in search of the recently reported Least Bittern but was unsuccessful in gaining an audience with the secretive bird. While waiting and hoping for it to show, Brian did get some photographs of one Pied-billed Grebe, a Baltimore Oriole, a cooperative Sora, an Eastern Kingbird, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and an adult Bald Eagle that flew overhead. Some non-bird pictures were a female Hudsonian Whiteface Dragonfly, a Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly, and some of the plentiful small Banded KilliFish that were visible along the edge of the water.