Nature Moncton Nature News: October 26 2024

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

October 26, 2024

Nature Moncton members as well as any naturalist in New Brunswick or beyond are invited to share their photos and descriptions of recent nature sightings to build a fresh (almost) daily edition of Nature News

To respond by e-mail, please address your message to the information line editor, nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com .

Please advise the editor at nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com and proofreader Louise Nichols at Nicholsl@eastlink.ca if any errors are noted in wording or photo labelling.

For more information on Nature Moncton, check the website at www.naturemoncton.com .

Proofreading courtesy of Louise Nichols at nicholsl@eastlink.ca

**Rheal Vienneau had a visit from a White Underwing moth (Catocala relicta) that allowed him a nice photograph as it day perched.

This medium to large moth is a late-season flyer and is our only underwing moth with black and white bands on the underwing. The blander forewings vary from grey to blackish and white providing excellent camouflage when perched against birchbark.

**On Thursday Brian Stone found very few ducks at the Memramcook lagoon -- beside the only six Mallards present were just two pairs of Bufflehead ducks. A nearly blank slate compared to most days. On Friday afternoon, Brian noticed a visible 22° Solar Halo around the Sun and took a few photos to share.

(Editor’s note: the Bufflehead is one of the waterfowl species that breeds to the north of us and overwinters with us in New Brunswick. They are just arriving and tend to like lagoons and freshwater ponds until they freeze over when they will move to the coastline. The Bufflehead is our smallest goldeneye species.)

Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton