Nature Moncton Nature News: June 16 2022

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 16, 2022 (Thursday)

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**Aldo Dorio photographed a male Eastern Bluebird in his Nequac backyard. Aldo has been very fortunate to have Eastern Bluebirds nest in his yard most years for the last several years.

**Fred Dube was able to photograph a spread-winged female Common Whitetail Dragonfly to nicely show its identification features. He was also able to get a Hobomok Skipper Butterfly on its mission as well.

**Brian Stone did a double outing on Wednesday and visited both the Assomption building Peregrine Falcon nest box and then went on to spend the rest of the day at Taylor Rd. in Second North River. Four chicks were visible in the Peregrine nest box with one looking white and fuzzy compared to the others so maybe a later hatchling. The adults came by while Brian was watching and one perched just outside the box while the other flew past carrying a small bird as prey but did not bring it into the nest box. After an hour or more Brian headed out to Taylor Rd. and spent the rest of the day photographing whatever life he could find. Brian sends photos of one of the several Harvester Butterflies that were flying and interacting alongside the road. (Editors note: the Harvester Butterfly is our only carnivorous butterfly feeding on the larvae of the Woolly Alder Aphid and for this reason is often found around Alder shrubs). Brian did not have time to process the bulk of his images from the Taylor Road visit but will share them as soon as they are out of the oven.

**Anna Tucker took a bus tour to St. Martin’s and onto the Fundy Parkway on Wednesday to enjoy this beautiful scenic area. Anna comments on the very numerous Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies that were nectaring on the numerous Lilacs in full bloom. The numerous Lupines were in full bloom and a lone caterpillar suspected to be a Salt Marsh Caterpillar was travelling a roadway on its mission.

**Nelson Poirier checked the Colvert Trail around Centennial Park Lake in Moncton on Wednesday to see if the Tulip Trees may be in bloom yet. It would appear they will be in bloom next week.

Nelson also noticed and photographed a few maple trees with many bright red galls on their leaves. These galls house a mite that will turn into an adult and fly off on their mission. These mite galls normally produce little damage to the tree if any.

Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton

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