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**Yvette Richard captured
photos of a sunset, a northern gannet, and a mallard duck
family on Cocagne Bay on different dates.
Yvette photographed the eastern
kingbird nest that was seen at Highland Park in Salisbury from the walking
bridge.
There were two nestlings, as
far as she could see.
**Jane LeBlanc was trying
to get photos of birds sitting on lupin flowers in a friend's yard, when a
small white-tailed deer fawn appeared out of the woods. (Jane was
phishing for birds but had never had a fawn appear before!). It stood
still for a brief second for Jane to get a photo.
At home, Jane was happy to
see a pair of American robins and a pair of cedar waxwings in her yard until she realized they were after her haskap berries! She quickly netted the
berries, thinking it might stop them, or it should slow them down. Jane says,
"They are welcome to the elderberries and serviceberries, but NOT the
haskaps!"
In a later
note, Jane reports, “The waxwings seem to enjoy going under and around the
netting. It hasn't slowed them down a bit.”
**Dale Pugh
shares some photos she captured of a tree swallow fledgling receiving some
breakfast Saturday morning.
(Editor’s
note: this little dude surely looks like he might be mom and dad’s favourite offspring!)
**Jessica
Belanger-Mainville went for an early morning walk at Cape Jourimain Saturday
morning to see some birds before the heat. It was very buggy, but she was still
able to snap some photos of the birds she saw, such as cedar waxwings, double-crested
cormorants, a song sparrow, and a female common yellowthroat.
She then stopped by
Sackville on her way back home to join her friend Megan Boucher. They saw an ebony
jewelwing damselfly in the parking lot, which seems like it was a sign for
what they would find on their short (but very hot) walk at the Tantramar Wetland
Centre. They saw some birds such as tree swallows and an immature male wood
duck, but also a lot of dragonflies and damselflies! They saw a
four-spotted skimmer, many bluets, a few common whitetails, and
a few dot-tailed whiteface (dragonflies). They almost melted in the heat,
but it was a fun walk! Again, thank you to Brian Stone for confirming her insect
IDs.
**Aldo Dorio sends a
close-up photo of a male common whitetail dragonfly perching in his
Neguac yard.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
