NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
October 26, 2023
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**John Inman put up a feeder by his Harvey window on Wednesday afternoon, and within 5 minutes, a House Finch, which he very seldom gets at his site, arrived.
(Editor’s note: the House Finch has a strong tendency to be a very urban inhabitant.)
Rheal points out it is a common misnomer to refer to these as cocoons. Only moths spin silk cocoons to house their overwintering pupae, while butterflies form chrysalids for their overwintering larvae.
Aldo Dorio was able to photograph a few of them on Wednesday.
**Maureen Girvan spotted a caterpillar doing its ‘inchworm’ motion style in Centennial Park recently and got a short video of the action, which is attached below:
**Brian
Stone forced himself out of his comfy chair on Wednesday morning. He zipped
down to Fundy National Park after seeing a report by Alain Clavette of a
possible rare vireo around the McLaren Pond area. He spent the afternoon there
searching vainly for the bird with a group of other birders but gave up by 4:00
p.m. No sighting of the hoped-for bird happened, but a few other birds of
interest were noted, including a Palm Warbler (western subspecies), a Ruby-crowned Kinglet,
several Golden-crowned Kinglets, a Black and White Warbler, a Blue-headed
Vireo, Black-capped Chickadees, and 2 Downy Woodpeckers. Most of these birds
avoided the camera successfully, and Brian had to be satisfied with just the
Palm Warbler and Ruby-crowned Kinglet as his trophies of the day.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
