NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
June 11, 2024
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**At the Festival of Nature in Woodstock, Louise Nichols
with Wendy Sullivan and Elaine Gallant decided to walk their own trail on
Sunday morning. They went to the Old Dam Trail which Louise had visited
on Saturday with Roland Chiasson leading the group. As was the case on
Saturday, lots of birds were singing including various warblers, Cedar
Waxwings, Veery and Gray Catbird, but a new bird heard in the distance was a Willow
Flycatcher. No photo was obtained as the bird was off in the fields
behind the trail, but Louise recorded its "Fitzbew" song. (The recording will be posted tomorrow.) The
sun that morning brought out some butterflies and Louise photographed an Arctic
Skipper, a Hobomok Skipper, a Northern Crescent, and a Northern
Cloudywing. The latter butterfly is seen more often in the west of
the province than the east and Louise saw many of them flying in a dry field
alongside the trail. Growing in the field were a large number of Seneca
Snakeroot plants which was a new plant for the three hikers.
Louise also photographed a Damselfly and a White-striped Black
Moth. Along the trail at one point, was a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker working
on a birch tree. Louise's photo shows the many horizontal holes in the
tree. A Red Squirrel was waiting nearby and, after chasing
the sapsucker away, took advantage of the sap from the sapsucker holes.
**Maureen
Girvan captured a nice photo of a Swamp Sparrow at Wilson Marsh on
Monday. It’s just not that often that we can get the Swamp Sparrow to pose so nicely up in a bush!
**Phil Riebel was able to capture a stunning photo of the large and
beautiful Polyphemus moth showing all the spread-wing striking markings
on this beauty.
Phil also got photos
of Bank Swallows at Red Point Provincial Park in PEI. There was a colony and many nests along the
beach there. Phil’s photos of a few birds were taken in flight at 55 km per hour!
**Pam
Watters, Dale Pugh, and others made a yeoman effort to free two ducklings that
got trapped in a water control structure at Wilson Marsh on Monday. They were able to get
one free but were having difficulties to net the second.
Adam
Campbell with Ducks Unlimited has been notified and hopefully, some type of
cover can be put in place to prevent this from happening as no doubt it has
happened before and gone unnoticed. Some photos of the site are attached today.
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