Nature Moncton Nature News: Dec 8 2015

** The Nature Moncton December meeting will take place tonight, Tuesday evening December 8 at 7 pm, at the Mapleton Rotary Lodge across from Cabela’s. The short Annual General Meeting will take place after the speaker of the evening and notices have been sent out in advance as per the constitution. The speaker will be Roger LeBlanc who will share some of his documentary work recently done in the north.

** Another report of EVENING GROSBEAKS [Gros-bec errant] to feeder yards: Marlene Hickman had a flock of 8 Evening Grosbeaks arrive to her Dorchester feeder yard on Monday morning. It’s a nice sign of winter activity to have 3 feeder yards all a distance apart reporting Evening Grosbeaks in the past few days. The Grosbeaks join a nice selection of regular patrons at Marlene’s.

** It’s that time of year we tend to see RED-TAILED HAWKS [Buse à queue rousse] perched in roadside trees. Janet Cormier spotted one by the Scoudouc overpass on Route 15 on Monday but it did like they often do, as soon as she slowed down for a photo, it slid into another tree, but she did get one quick photo.

** Brian Stone was out at 6:30 am on Monday morning to photograph the conjunction of the Moon and Venus. Conjunction is defined as an event that occurs when 2 or more celestial objects appear close together in the sky. He was also able to photograph the MOON, MARS, JUPITER and VENUS in one photo, one of which is labelled and one not for comparison.

nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Nelson Poirier

Nature Moncton