NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
August 8, 2024
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**A huge note
of appreciation to Elaine and Trevor Clancy for welcoming the Nature Moncton
Wednesday walk last night to the beautiful trails on their woodlot. As usual,
many photographs were taken which will appear in tomorrow’s edition except for one photo of the 16 happy participants photographed in the day’s dying embers which appears today. The group
was greeted and sent home at dusk with an appreciated dose of Elaine’s homemade
treats (arrowed).
**Aldo
Dorio was able to capture a photograph of a Great Egret that dropped by
Hay Island on Thursday morning to join some of the Great Blue Herons there.
**It’s great to see Monarch butterfly caterpillars now
progressing to their beautiful chrysalis stage. Norbert Dupuis captured a
freshly minted chrysalis on his Memramcook yard milkweed on Monday.
A fresh Viceroy butterfly was also photographed. These butterflies appear to be very abundant at the moment assumedly working on a second
brood.
**Maureen Girvan photographed a Solitary Sandpiper
enjoying its stopover visit to the Humphrey Brook Trail on July 28. This
migrant sandpiper is more often seen in inland areas rather than on the coast with its
migrating sandpiper kin.
**Upon leaving the Clancy’s delightful Wednesday Walk
through their wooded property, Lisa Morris noticed four White tailed Deer at dusk awaiting
on Beckwith Road across the road from the Clancy’s road.
(Editor’s note: note that two of the animals appear to
be young-of-the-year fawns while a third animal appears to be a first-year
individual. It is not uncommon for a yearling to join the doe with her first-year fawns at this time of year.)
**Yolande LeBlanc in Memramcook comments “I have experienced the same thing as Jane
LeBlanc, in regards to Monarch butterfly caterpillars. I have had dozens of
butterflies on my milkweed patch, but I have seen only one ½ in caterpillar,
and not enough chewed leaves to suggest there were many more around. I see a
lot of small snails/slugs on the milkweed. Could they be responsible?
Comments welcomed.
**Verica LeBlanc spotted a domestic Rabbit pair across
the street from her home on Thursday morning. One is an albino. It was
interesting how they took turns guarding while the other was grazing.
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