NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
August 25, 2025
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**Final
Wednesday Night Walk & Social
Date:
Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 6 PM
Location:
31 Rockland No. 1 Road, Taylor Village, NB E4K 2R1
Hosts:
Fred and Susan Richards
As August
comes to an end, COME JOIN US, for Nature Moncton’s final Wednesday Night Walk
at Fred and Sue Richards’ property. The address is 31 Rockland No. 1 Road,
Taylor Village. The walk will start at 6:00 PM, rain or shine. There will be
some social time and then a walk down to the Memramcook River. The walk will be
on mowed trails, and the walking will be fairly easy. We recommend long pants
and mosquito repellent. We hope to see you there! All are welcome. If you need
directions or have questions, call Fred at 506-334-0100.
**The
Gadd's in Miramichi have not seen much of ‘their’ northern cardinal this
summer, but were favoured on Sunday afternoon when the moulting bird paid a
visit to their patio bird bath.
**Shannon
Inman photographed a Carolina locust on Sunday. This locust is very
common at the moment and makes crackling sounds (stridulations), especially
during the heat of the day.
A black
and yellow Argiope spider aka yellow garden spider caught the eye of
Shannon’s camera. The females of this colourful spider species are larger and
more evident at this time of year.
Shannon
also photographed a common comfrey plant. This colourful plant is
not native to New Brunswick but has spread and can be found in wild areas. It
is a perennial, cold-hardy, heat-tolerant plant that is not attractive to
browsing white-tailed deer.
**The
last four photos in today’s edition are placed to show how easy it is this time of
year to misidentify some species of birds (for some of us).
Nelson
Poirier had a sparrow-like bird appear at his feeders that showed blue areas in
the plumage that made him think it may be the fall female or immature indigo
bunting.
Nelson consulted Gilles Belliveau who politely pointed out that what
Nelson was seeing was a juvenile song sparrow with blue in the plumage
for some unknown reason.
Gilles
commented that an indigo bunting would not show such heavy streaking on the
underparts, and the pattern on the upperparts and face is not right. This looked
like a song sparrow to Gilles (a bit disheveled and appearing to be molting).
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
