New Bay of Fundy Right Whale Mom's and Calves off Grand Manan

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Laurie Murison of Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station on Grand Manan has been reporting her sightings of Right Whale mothers and calves in the Grand Manan area this summer. Go to Adopt Right Whale News for all the details.

Art

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• Another great grand calf for Kleenex

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago

  The New England Aquarium saw #2123 and her calf today after the team dried out from heavy rain and wind as a storm moved through the area this morning. #2123 was born in 1991 and this is her fourth calf (2...
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  Another entangled calf

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago

  We had the Calvineers out today. We didn't find Calvin and her calf but hey were happy with the right whales we saw. The Calvineers are grade 7 and 8 students from the Adams School in Castine, ME. http://w...

   
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  Baldy's calf from 1985 and Baldy's grand calf

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago

  We had an absolutely gorgeous, calm day on the Bay of Fundy. When we finally arrived in an area of right whales, it was so calm that the loudest things were whales breathing, after we reminded our passenge...
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  Calvin and her calf

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago

  We were fortunate to find Calvin and her new calf September 10th. At first Calvin was by herself, having been feeding and also rubbing in the mud some 180 m below and then she reunited with her calf who al...
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  Entangled mother released

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago

  September 4th saw the successful disentanglement of a right whale mother named Mavynne. She had been in the Bay of Fundy on August 28th but Friday morning was spotted by recreational fishermen and reported...
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  Baldy's eighth baby

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago

  Baldy's eighth baby suffered through an entanglement in presumed fishing gear sometime during the migration from Florida to the Bay of Fundy. Already seen by the New England Aquarium research team, Quoddy ...
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  Calvin and her second baby are in the Bay of Fundy

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago

  Calvin was spotted in the Bay of Fundy by the New England Aquarium research team September 2 with her second calf. Calvin and a number of other right whales were well above the Grand Manan Basin where they...
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  Slash off the Wolves

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago

  On August 30 a courtship group of right whales was spotted off the Wolves, an island group between Grand Manan and Blacks Harbour, just off the ferry route. A number of right whales have moved in to that a...
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  Where are the right whales?

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 3 weeks ago

  It has been an unusual summer with few right whales in the deep waters of the Grand Manan Basin. Over the last few days, 40+ right whales have been found east of the southern Wolves, an island group that y...

  
  
• More right whales have arrived

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 5 weeks ago

  The weekend had more right whales arriving in the Bay of Fundy, with an estimated 40 or more along a narrow stretch. Prior to this, the New England Aquarium had photographed and/or identified 33 d...
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  Baldy's calf

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 month ago

  Baldy was seen in the Bay of Fundy August 9th by the New England Aquarium research team during their regular surveys. Baldy's calf has been injured and has marks across the head and also on the tail stock....
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  Slash and calf

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 month ago

  August 9th, the New England Aquarium research vessel found Slash #1303 and her calf in the Bay of Fundy during their regular surveys. This is Slash's sixth calf. Slash last had a calf in 2005. She is oft...
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  Radiator entangled

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 months ago

  We just learned from the Atlantic Large Whale Entanglement Network that Radiator was seen on July 18 towing a round yellow buoy south of Nantucket Island off Cape Cod, MA. He was seen from a charter vessel...
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  Right whale mothers and calves arriving

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 months ago

  We have had two reports of mothers and calves in the Bay of Fundy, one report was on July 15 by two of our researchers while they were doing a plankton tow in the Grand Manan Basin. The other was on July 1...
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  Baldy, Mother of the Year

  

  posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 4 months ago

  Photo caption: Mother and calf touching – While on the calving grounds off of Florida and Georgia,, calves and mothers are nuzzling, touching and nudging continually over the first couple months of life i...

Falcons in St. Andrews

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There was a lovely fat and fast peregrine in Pagan Point Salt Marsh Saturday, July 25, 2009 at about 5 pm. There have been one or two merlins actively hunting between the community college and the salt marsh for the past few days as well.

S. Tinker

Photo credit - Merlin chasing blue jay. wikipedia.com

Rose pogonia at Herring Cove Provincial Park

This image of rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides ) was taken in Campobello's Herring Cove Provincial Park, right next door to Roosevelt Campobello International Park.  Rose pogonia is one of a variety of wild orchids found in Campobello's fields, forests, and bogs.

HLB at RCIP

Bog Magic at Campobello

Bog magic at Campobello: pitcher plants, sundews, spider webs and dew.  Joyce, July28, 2009

First Reports of Red and Red-necked Phalaropes at Grand Manan

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Anyone out there have sightings from Head Harbour Passage,Grand Manan Channel or Cobscook ? Art

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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:21:06 -0300
From: Roger Burrows, NatureNB
Subject: first Red-necked Phalarope of the summer July 25

I saw my first Red-necked Phalarope of the summer(a moulting adult) from the White Head ferry this afternoon.
Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head Grand Manan

Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:26:33 -0300
From: Laurie Murison Subject: Re: first Red-necked Phalarope of the summer

We have been seeing small groups of red-necked phalaropes for the last couple of weeks on our trips but yesterday had larger groups sizes (30s to 60s) and included red and red-necked phalaropes - first reds of the summer for us.
Laurie Murison

Image Credit and Copyright: Art MacKay

White Head Bird Report

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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:28:48 -0300
From: Roger Burrows NatureNB
Subject: White Head birds

July 23

White Head ferry 09:00-09:30 & 13:00-13:30
Great & 29 Double-crested Cormorants, 70+56 juvenile Common Eiders, adult & immature Bald Eagles, Black Guillemot

White Head Marsh & Flats (low to mid tide) 09:30-10:30
3 Great Blue Herons, 15 Canada Geese, 3 American Black Ducks, 22+14 juvenile Common Eiders, Greater Yellowlegs. 18 Whimbrels, Black Guillemot. 6+ Tree, 9+ Bank, 2+ Cliff & 9+ Barn Swallows

White Head Village & Long Point Road (mid to high tide) 10:30-12:15
63+35 juvenile Common Eiders, 13 adult Semipalmated Plovers, 2 Least & 17 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5+ Barn Swallows, singing Winter Wren, fledged juvenile Yellow Warbler & American Redstart; a MONARCH over the water off Long Point Road

Roger Burrows
Ingalls Head
Grand Manan

 Photo credit whimbrel: wikipedia.com

Ruffed grouse, Roosevelt Park, Campobello, July 25th

This grouse had a bevy of babies that disappeared into the brush. The mosquitoes prevented me from hanging around. Joyce

Quick Stop at DU Marsh, St. George, NB

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I made a quick stop at the Ducks Unlimited Marsh at St. George, NB this morning around 10 am. Lots of grebes and ducks as well as the great blue heron and otter shown in these photos.

Art

Non- breeding adult eiders at Split Rock

There have been a dozen or more eiders that are adult non-breeding adults in the cove at Split Rock on the causeway to Eastport. I have never seen the non-breeding adult plumage and it fooled me until I looked it up.  Joyce

Another beautiful silkworm moth.

Another beautiful moth from the family of giant silkworm moths (Saturniidae) is the luna moth (Actias luna).  This luna moth was found resting on a window at the Visitor Center at Roosevelt Campobello International Park on July 23.

Harold

NB Environmental Trust Fund Support for Quoddy Futures in Support of ILQW

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Quoddy Futures is an Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) member located at the Ganong Nature and Marine Park. This year New Brunswick's Environmental Trust Fund is again funding their environmental monitoring and survey programs, including making summer students available to contribute to ILQW.  In addition to sending posts, the students will be assisting with compilation of data sent by community contributors around the Quoddy Region. These data will be used to increase our understanding of this special place and in their reports.

We still have holes in our data collection. If you enjoy our wildlife or know someone who does, we need more contributors from Grand Manan, The NB shore from Letete to Point Lepreau, St. Croix Estuary, Passamaquoddy Bay and Eastport, and Grand Manan Channel.


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Bug Watching at the Ganong Nature Park

As soon as I was in the parking lot, the Sweet White Clover (Melilotus alba) grabbed my attention. I was not the only one; the flower was frequented by all varieties of bugs - boatflys, wasps, bees, caterpillars, spiders, shield bugs etc.

The bumble-bee (Bombus sp.) and goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia) stole the show. I've spotted Misumena several times this summer, usually white, and poised to strike. The spider doesn't spin a web (webbing is predominantly used to "tie-down" the females for mating) but waits with open arms. Certainly an interesting spectacle at the park.

Your friendly neighbourhood spiderman,
Stephen Raye
Environmental Technician
Ganong Nature and Marine Park

Birds on the Road - Oak Bay to St. Andrews

Hi Art, Here are today's photo's and info. Enjoy! Mark L.

Sandpiper photo from July 22, Unidentified species. He's well hidden. Can you see him?

July 23, 2009

Champlain Industrial Park

Time: 8:53  AM - 9:53 AM

Cedar Waxwing: 2

Moths from the Ganong Nature Park

Every morning these unique and colourful moths decorate the walls of the Quoddy Learning Centre at the Ganong Nature and Marine Park.  Undervalued perhaps, but beautiful none-the-less.  Plenty of these and more creepy crawlers to come - all from the shores of the Bay.

Photos include:
Cecropia Silkworm Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)
(Cerma cora)
Lettered Habrosybe Moth (Habrosyne scripta)
Maple Looper (Parallelia bistriaris)
Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)

Stephen Raye
Environmental Technician
Ganong Nature and Marine Park

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