Nature Moncton Nature News: Sept 21 2022

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

Sept 21, 2022 (Wednesday)

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**Shannon Inman came across a group of 7 American Kestrels on a utility wire in the Harvey area which were possibly a grouping of a family unit as Shannon’s photo appears to be a young-of-the-year bird.

John Inman got a photo of a Calligrapha Beetle while doing yard chores.

The intricate black markings on the elytra of Calligrapha Beetles resemble the delicate script usually reserved for fine stationery.

The Calligrapha Beetle comes in a variety of colours: red, orange, green, yellow and hues somewhere in between. They gleam almost like jewels. There are many species, each with a unique pattern of black markings on the elytra (wing coverings). Dashes, lines, dots, and curves meander with careful symmetry over both sides.

** Jane LeBlanc in St. Martins has been able to photograph some different yard birds lately. The first was a Red-eyed Vireo, which usually hides too well to be photographed. Then walking down to the river on her property, where a Beaver has dammed the river and made the water level much higher, a Great Blue Heron was fishing. She only got one quick photo before it flew. Then along the driveway, there was a Blue-Headed Vireo that paused just long enough for a quick photo, nicely showing its signature white ‘spectacles’.

**Lois Budd was pleased to have a chance to watch a Hermit Thrush enjoy some of her Common Elderberry in fruit right outside her dining room window.

Common Elderberry fruit are a late season magnet to wildlife fruit connoisseurs.

**Aldo Dorio got a photograph of a lone fall edition Yellow-rumped Warbler on the Malpec Road just north of Neguac.

The Malpec Road is a pleasant short road lined by bushes that is a good area to monitor migration as well as the marsh shoreline at the end of this road.

** On Monday Brian Stone walked the trail around the reservoir at Mill Creek Park in Riverview. Not much bird life was present, but Brian got photos of a Red-breasted Nuthatch foraging on the ground, an Eastern Wood Pewee that was calling high in a tree, and an immature Bald Eagle flying high overhead. There were many indistinct Meadowhawk Dragonflies perching along the trail and lots of large, impressive mushrooms on the forest floor.

In a ditch near the Runneymeade Rd. entrance to the park 5 Green Frogs were basking in the small amount of water present.

Nice to get reports from Riverview’s Mill Creek Park where the town is doing work to create a pleasant natural area.

** Jim Johnson in Scotch Settlement had an unexpected ‘bird’ fly through his back field that Peterson and Sibley were not able to help him with. Some of our top-notch birders may be able to help!

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