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The camera on the peregrine
falcon nest box on the summit of Assumption Place is now live. When
checking the link to watch the activity, scroll down to the first large image,
which shows what is happening in real time.
https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam
**Brian Stone shares a few
photos of the peregrine falcon activity that took place on Saturday
afternoon on top of the Assumption Building in Moncton. As one adult watched
from its high perch on the building's antenna, another adult fed one of the
fledglings its lunch on the corner of the building while another fledgling
looked on from a slightly higher vantage point. The parent on the antenna flew
off during this procedure, likely on the hunt for more meals.
(Editor’s note: all three
fledglings were back in the nest last evening but out again this morning. The
Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be visiting Moncton today, and the peregrine
falcon family will witness the upcoming celebrations. Hopefully, the family
will take it all in just as they do with thunder/lightning storms and the noise
from the city below. Camera evidence from the past seems to suggest that will
be the case.)
**Louise and Glen Nichols noticed a bird's nest in one corner of their haskap berry bush. There was no bird in it when they first saw it, but a quick check revealed four small white eggs. The next day, Louise was able to see a bird on the nest, which she photographed from a distance. It turned out to be an American redstart. It is nesting in a place of heavy traffic because the cedar waxwings are constantly flying past to get at the berries!
(Editor's note: The cedar
waxwings no doubt thought Glen had planted the haskap berry bush just for them!
They were wrong on that point, but continue to enjoy the fruit of Glen’s labour.)
**Jane LeBlanc in St.
Martins had her first (confirmed) sighting of a female monarch butterfly
laying eggs in her milkweed patch on Saturday.
Jane LeBlanc takes her
camera almost everywhere, and when walking the dog along Route 111 near her
home, she came across a common ringlet butterfly.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
