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Wednesday 21 June 2017

June 21 2017


NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, June 21, 2017 (Wednesday)
 

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**Beth McMillan reports that she had a pair of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES set up housekeeping on her deck and they have been feeding youngsters.  She heard the frantic calls of the parents on Monday to find that one chick only had fledged and was on the ground with the concerned parents trying to protect it and feed the rest of the family in the box as well.  

**Jean-Paul and Stella Leblanc noted a red fox in the field behind their Bouctouche home with its pelage on the upper part of the body seeming quite rough and wondering if this was a young-of-the-year not yet attained its adult coat or an adult not yet shed its winter coat.  
**Ray Gauvin had two young-of-the-year raccoons cross the street in front of his Parlee beach home on Tuesday. They waddled across the street feeding on grubs under a neighbours shrub. They came right up to him for a photo appearing to show no fear of humans. 
**Often BALTIMORE ORIOLES tend to be less attracted to orange/ grapefruit sections as the spring season ends, however Audrey Goguen reports she had a bright male Baltimore oriole return to orange sections attached to a pole in her Northview St. yard in Moncton on Tuesday.  
**The HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING MOTH is abundant at the moment day flying.  Aldo Dorio got one in flight recently.  It can be tricky to distinguish the hummingbird clearwing from the less common SNOWBERRY CLEARWING moth however, Jim Edsall points out that the distinguishing band in the fore wing is faintly visible in Aldo's photo.  A photo of the hummingbird clearwing moth cooled to show the line better is attached. 
**While sleuthing the past few days Brian Stone photographed several moths around my moth light and elsewhere including the POLYPHEMUS MOTH, ROSY MAPLE MOTH, one of the EMERALD MOTHS, BIG POPLAR SPHINX, ONE-EYED SPHINX MOTH, RIDGED PROMINENT MOTH and others.  Also RACKET-TAILED EMERALD DRAGONFLY, BEAVERPOND CLUBTAIL DRAGONFLY and HUDSONIAN WHITEFACED DRAGONFLIES.  
Also it was interesting to see a pair of TREE SWALLOWS using a tree natural cavity, probably one originally created by a downy woodpecker, which of course was their choice in the past until man-made nest boxes became popular to help the numbers.  
Nelson Poirier 
Nature Moncton
BEAVERPOND CLUBTAIL DRAGONFLY. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

BIG POPLAR SPHINX MOTH. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

EMERALD MOTH. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

HUDSONIAN WHITEFACE DRAGONFLY (FEMALE). JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

HUDSONIAN WHITEFACE DRAGONFLY (FEMALE). JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

HUMMINGBIRD  CLEARWING MOTH.JUNE19, 2017.ALDO DORIOa

HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING MOTH. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE 

ONE-EYED SPHINX MOTH . JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

ONE-EYED SPHINX MOTH . JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

POLYPHEMUS MOTH. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE


RACCOON (YOUNG).JUNE 20, 2017.RAY GAUVIN 

RACCOON (YOUNG).JUNE 20, 2017.RAY GAUVIN 

RACKET-TAILED EMERALD DRAGONFLY ( FEMALE ). JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

RED FOX.JUNE 20,2017. JP LEBLANC

RIDGED PROMINENT MOTH 20. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

ROSY MAPLE MOTH. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

TREE SWALLOWS USING NATURAL CAVITY. JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE

YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER TO JAM (FEMALE). JUNE 19, 2017. BRIAN STONE