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**Sam LeGresley found a
structure attached under the blade of a sensitive fern in Parc Haut Du Ruisseau
in Memramcook next to Breau Creek recently, but so far our consultants cannot
put a handle on it.
Any comments from readers
would be appreciated to know who the proprietor is.
This paragraph posted
yesterday promptly received some excellent identification information.
Tony Thomas identified it
as the egg sac of the common eastern ray spider (Theridosoma gemmosum).
Brian Stone was also able
to provide the link below, which is an excellent description of what Sam
LeGresley photographed.
https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/monthly-mystery-20-mudball-on-a-string/
**Yolande LeBlanc in
Memramcook reports juvenile northern cardinals have appeared this week, two at
a time, with parents.
(Editor’s note: Yolande
was one of the early ones several years ago to have fledgling northern cardinal
observations in the local area which was her Memramcook yard. Their presence has
expanded nicely since then.)
**Louise Nichols has been hearing an eastern wood-peewee in their woods. She always thought this bird would prefer mixed forest and not the (primarily) spruce forest on their Aulac property. But the bird has been staying around and singing. Louise got a glimpse of it today while it was singing, and she was able to get a distant documentary photo. In the bog area on their property, the grass pink orchids are blooming, and more have appeared in the last few days. On Friday morning, several bog copper butterflies were present.
Issac also shares some
photos he took at Hyla Park in Fredericton on June 26.
**Jessica Belanger-Mainville
went to Wilson Marsh at 7 am on Friday to try to find the least bittern that
had been found on Wednesday, but she wasn’t able to find it. Jessica did see a
lot of good birds before it started to get too warm. Brian Stone helped her with
the insect IDs.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
