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November 5, 2025
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**The autumn meadowhawk
dragonfly is frequently the last dragonfly to be seen flying by November.
Isaac Acker spotted an autumn
meadowhawk dragonfly in the Riverview area on Sunday, November 2, to get a
documentary photo.
**Ted Sears reports on seeing barn swallows around the Quaco lighthouse in St. Martins recently, with Jim Wilson seeing them the day before. Both were surprised to find barn swallows still present. No documentary photos could be taken, but seeing a swallow in November always indicates further investigation to be certain of the species.
**On Tuesday morning, a
sleepy Brian Stone was alerted by his wife Annette that two female ring-necked
pheasants were patrolling their back yard, and he sprang into action
... and about 15 minutes later, he finally got his camera and eyes in focus and
got a couple blurry photos through his kitchen window before they vanished into
the vacant lot next door.
He also got a cell phone photo of a small winter
crane fly resting on the kitchen window.
On the evening before, Brian noted a colourful
corona in the clouds around the Moon and later noticed a small point of light
in that photo that he suspects is the planet Saturn (arrowed), as it was nearby
and bright enough to show up in a cell phone photo taken through a
window.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(optical_phenomenon)
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
