NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
May 29, 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:
**David Lilly shares excellent photos of a blackpoll warbler he captured on a recent visit to Grand Manan.
(Editor's note: We tend to see the
blackpoll warbler only as it passes through New Brunswick in spring and fall to
breed to the north of us. David’s photo shows it in its spring breeding plumage;
however, in the fall when it migrates back through New Brunswick, its plumage
is very different as it will be in non-breeding plumage then.)
**Norbert Dupuis shares more of his special
photo moments, capturing a pair of belted kingfishers in flight, a Canada
goose lifting off, a gray catbird nicely showing its cinnamon
undertail coverts, and an eastern phoebe pausing to check its territory.
**Jane LeBlanc was told by her neighbour that
he had a large flock of cedar waxwings at his serviceberry tree
blossoms. Jane went down and found them mostly in his apple tree. There were at
least 30.
Later, Jane found a magnolia warbler
and other warblers, but it was the only one that stopped for a photo.
**Bernice Johnstone shares several excellent
photos of blooming plants she has recently observed in the Miramichi area. They
include blue cohosh, dwarf ginseng, foamflower, spring beauty, red baneberry,
goldthread, starflower, toothwort, and wood anemone.
Bernice will be helping lead one of the
botany outings for the upcoming Festival of Nature.
**On Tuesday, Brian Stone visited the Sackville Waterfowl Park and found a few interesting subjects to photograph. The tree swallows were very busy, and some were actively mating at their nest boxes. A pied-billed grebe was carrying around two chicks on its back, and it shook them off to begin gathering food for them. One chick was fed a large insect or water bug of some type and looked to have a bit of a time swallowing it. In one photograph, Brian caught the parent grebe swimming underneath the floating chicks as it chased some type of food.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
