Nature Moncton Nature News: June 5 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 5, 2023

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**Brian Stone drove out to the ‘giant lobster’ in Shediac on Sunday morning to see if any of the storm-petrels that Gilles Belliveau had reported the day before were still present. With luck, there were still a few of them ‘walking’ and hopping along the surface of the water close to the bridge on Main St. near the lobster statue.

Both Leach's Storm-petrels and Wilson's Storm-petrels were feeding at the bridge, and Brian, along with several other dedicated birders, spent way too much time freezing in the very cold and very strong wind to view and photograph the uncommonly close to land birds.

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(Editor’s note: what a special scenario to be able to photograph these two petrel species so closely carrying out their daily mission. Brian’s photos beautifully show the identification features and their method for foraging.)

**The raft of Black Scoter that have been lingering around Hay Island for a few days have departed with the exception of one female Black Scoter, which Aldo Dorio photographed on Sunday.

**The Festival of Nature happened this past weekend and, despite the weather, was an astounding success.

The Nature New Brunswick staff had lined up some excellent field trips, which went ahead on schedule with new things to discover and lots of comradeship.

A very special note of thanks to the Nature New Brunswick staff for making this happen!