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**On the Wednesday Walk
around Wilson Marsh, Barbara Smith observed two multicolored Asian lady beetles
getting cozy on a large plant to the side of the trail.
The beetles, dressed in red attire, appeared to be celebrating Canada Day with
gusto.
Also on the walk,
wildflowers such as ox-eye daisies, birdsfoot trefoil, and yarrow were out in force. The sunset
over the wetland looked quite magical, capping an enjoyable outing.
**Brian Stone sends some photos from Wilson Marsh taken on Wednesday morning with Cathy Simon during her marsh monitoring time, plus some from the Nature Moncton Wednesday Night Walk that also took place at Wilson Marsh. In the morning, Brian and Cathy were excited by a Virginia rail that came out and ran around them for a few minutes, and then were even more excited when a least bittern appeared at the edge of the marsh close to them that moved around to at least three spots in a small area of the marsh. Pretty hard to top that, but they saw an American Bittern twice and listed over 30 species of birds during the morning event. A fledgling northern yellow warbler, a pair of ring-necked ducks, a distant Nelson's sparrow and an equally distant marsh wren, plus a painted turtle basking were also photographed.
**Aldo Dorio photographed an American robin in his Neguac yard on Tuesday, showing the spotted chest area and thickened, rubbery bill mandibles of a recently fledged robin that we are seeing many of at the moment.
Bob submits a table
comparing his statistics for June 2025 with those for June 2026.
It can be noted in Bob’s
comparison that June 2026 was, in general, a significantly cooler month with
much more rainfall than that of June 2025. This scenario produced a favourable
season for flora and fauna, which may suggest good fruit and seed crops will result, especially for wildlife.
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morning temperatures |
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+23-3 days 22-1 21-4 20-2 19-3 18-6 17-2 16-1 15-1 14-3 |
34-1 31-3 30-3 29-3 28-6 26-3 25-1 108 mms. .rain |
+19-1 18-1 17-2 16-6 15-4 14-2 13-6 12-1 11-3 10-1 8-1 4-1 |
+30-1 29-3 28-2 24-3 23-3 21-5 20-3 208 mms. rain |
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Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
