NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
June 22, 2024
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**The Peregrine Falcon nest box live feed had to be ended
on Friday for resource reasons with the City of Moncton feed.
It is planned to operate for a longer period next year to
evaluate the effect of the July 1 fireworks. Opinion is divided on that issue as
some feel with all the city noise these birds experience, the fireworks may not
be an issue at all.
Georges Brun comments “Thanks! to all those involved in the set-up and
imagery of the Peregrine Box Nest atop Assumption Place. To your partner
Magnetic Hill Zoo and NBDNR for their involvement as well.”
**Brian Stone sends a
few older photos that he managed to find some time to process that were taken
on June 05 and June 12. He also found photos of a Wood Duck family from back on May
30th at Highland Park in Salisbury. At his sister's yard in Upham on June 05 he
photographed an interesting Greater Ant fly, (Microdon manitobensis),
and a White-spotted Sable moth. He also got an Eastern Forktail damselfly and a very vocal Gray Catbird that was seen on the same
perch several days in a row.
(Editors
note: note the signature cinnamon-coloured undertail covert in Brian’s photo of the Gray Catbird, as
well is the black cap.)
On June 12th Brian visited both the Hampton lagoons
and Dutch Point Park on the same day and photographed some of the dozens of Bullfrogs
populating the lagoons and a few of the Tree Swallows peeking out of the
Nature Moncton nest boxes. A Great Blue Heron flew overhead and an Alder
Flycatcher was calling from his favorite treetop. A male Common Whitetail dragonfly joined Hobomok Skippers, Common Ringlet butterflies,
Little Wood Satyr butterflies, Red Admiral butterflies, Northern
Crescent butterflies, a small Ichneumon Wasp, (Neamblymorpha milva)
and a pale Northern Azure butterfly in enjoying the hot sunlight in the
afternoon.
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