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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
May 17, 2025
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To
view the live feed of the Peregrine Falcon nest cam on the summit of Assumption
Place in Moncton, go to:
**Peter and Deana Gadd’s "Warbler Fall” in Miramichi continued to
attract birds Friday, the sound seemingly letting them know that a drink or a
bath is available. A Cape May warbler (or two), a species not normally seen in their garden, perched in the hawthorn tree
above but was easily disturbed, so it left. Another unusual guest was a Lincoln’s sparrow that came in
for a drink, as well as a female northern cardinal and two evening
grosbeaks. Two song sparrows also freshened up for the
evening. A ruby-throated hummingbird hovered over the water a number of times.
It does seem this simple “water feature” is attracting avian visitors.
(Editor’s note: Click on the highlighted
Warbler Fall in the text above to learn more about this very attractive yard
feature.)
**Jane LeBlanc found no grosbeaks, but three orioles in her neighbour's yard on Friday.
She also had a black-throated blue warbler in
her own yard, but light conditions were so bad, she didn't get even a
documentary photo. (Darn fog.)
(Editor’s note: better to have fog than snow
in mid-May, Jane!)
**John Inman had a third white-crowned
sparrow show up and offer a couple of profile photos, and a male rose-breasted
grosbeak enjoyed some orange.
**There is still time for tree swallows to take nesting boxes, as Dale Pugh
found out. Dale picked up two Nature Moncton nest boxes on Thursday, and a tree
swallow couple took possession of one the next morning.
**Aldo Dorio captured a double-crested
cormorant that posed for him on land at Hay Island on Friday. We don’t often
see this species out of water, except for nesting. They have not nested on Hay
Island, to my knowledge.
**Brian Stone captured a beautiful photo of
an elusive bog elfin butterfly, which was intended to be on yesterday’s
edition before gremlins spirited it away.
(Editor’s note: New Brunswick has several elfin butterfly species. They are all early-season flyers and often very
uncooperative for photographs.)
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
