NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
September 10, 2025
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**Brian
Stone came across a basic but very informative site on locating fall warblers,
which is very appropriate at this time of year as the warblers are in migratory mode. Review this informative piece at the site below:
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/want-find-fall-warblers-listen-chickadees
**Nelson
Poirier made a brief stop at Hay Island on Monday. Some ponds were dried up due
to the drought, as Aldo Dorio had pointed out, but others near the shoreline
had some activity.
The most
numerous shorebird present was the sanderling, with a dappling of semipalmated
plovers and a few greater yellowlegs. More shorebird species can be
expected over the next few months.
There was one large shrub of winterberry holly, which was loaded with fruit. Fall webworm
moth caterpillars had foraged on the leaves of a portion of it, but the berries
were still plump and ready for fruit connoisseurs. This is often the first stop
for potential Bohemian waxwings a bit later.
The
raccoon, skunk, and crows can turn manicured grassy areas into what appear to
be plowed fields at this time of year as they upend sod, searching for
plump fall grubs. Nelson noticed a group of crows doing just that during the
day, while skunks and raccoons prefer the night shift.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
