** Kerry Lee Morris-Cormier advises that things have changed a lot with the
shorebirds at Johnson’s Mills, with less than 10,000 roosting at high tide on
Wednesday morning. The number of PEREGRINE FALCONS [Faucon pèlerin] are holding
steady at 4, with 3 hunting relentlessly on Wednesday. Kerry Lee comments Dave
Christie reports the number is similar at Mary’s Point but broken up in
different groups. There was PERGRINE FALCON activity at Mary’s Point as well on
Wednesday morning.
** Keery Lee advises that Sunday, September 6th is World Shorebird Day and
will add the announcement of that below to advise of some local activity to mark
the date.
Next
Sunday, September 6th is
World Shorebirds Day.
Shorebirds are declining worldwide which prompted the creation of a
World Shorebirds Day
in 2014. On September 6th
people gather worldwide to learn about shorebird conservation and take part in
shorebird counts.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is
organizing a volunteer event at the Johnson’s Mills Shorebird Interpretive
Centre near Dorchester, NB from 4pm – 8pm. A shorebird workshop and BBQ will be
provided. Folks at Hopewell Rocks and Mary’s Point will do a simultaneous
count. Interested participants can register online at www.conservationvolunteers.ca or by calling 1-877-231-4400.
** Lisa Morris had a well-dressed WHITE TUSSOCK MOTH caterpillar pay a
visit to her screen door. There are many caterpillars from various moths and
some butterflies about at the moment. Some very colourful specimens like this
one.
**The last Saturday visit to Ayers Lake area noted several ferns that we do
not often get to see. These included RATTLESNAKE FERN, BLUNT-LOBED GRAPEFERN,
LEATHERY GRAPEFERN, AND TRIANGLE GRAPEFERN. there are photos attached today.
Some small HOODED LADIES’-TRESSES ORCHIDS are attached as well. There were
patches of RUNNING CLUB MOSS with the candelabra fruiting structure showing.
This CLUB MOSS is not uncommonly seen elsewhere in NB. We also saw both the
CHECKERED RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN ORCHID and the DWARF RATTLESNAKE PLANTAIN ORCHID
which had some similarity which I suspect I may have mis-labelled but which
will be corrected.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton=
BLUNT-LOBED GRAPEFERN.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
DISSECTED GRAPEFERN.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
HOODED LADIES'TRESSES.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (3)
LEATHERY GRAPEFERN.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
RUNNING CLUBMOSS.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
RUNNING CLUBMOSS.AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER (2)
TRIANGLE GRAPEFERN .AUG 22, 2015.NELSON POIRIER
WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR.AUG 25, 2015.LISA MORRIS
