NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, for Sep. 18, 2017 (Monday)
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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca
Transcript by: David Christie maryspt@mac.com
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** The first meeting of the season of Nature Moncton will take place
tomorrow night, Tuesday, September 19, at 7 p.m. at Mapleton Rotary Lodge, with
special visitor, Kevin Craig, to give a presentation on the BLACK BEAR [Ours
noir] in New Brunswick. The write-up is featured below.
Nature Moncton September
meeting
September 19, 2017 at
7:00 PM
Mapleton Park Rotary
Lodge (across from Cabela’s)
The Life and Times of
the Black Bear in New Brunswick
Presenter: Kevin
Craig
We are blessed in New Brunswick to still have so many
wild areas where mammals can share space with us.
The Black Bear is one species that is doing well. We
are happy to have Kevin Craig, the top black bear biologist in New Brunswick,
agree to give a presentation on this mammal to help us better understand what
its behaviour may indicate and just what we can expect the Black Bear to be
doing during the four seasons of the year.
Kevin is manager of the Big-game, Furbearers, and
Fisheries Section of the Fish and Wildlife Branch, Department of Energy and
Resource for New Brunswick and his special interest in the
Black Bear over many years ensures that he will provide a wealth of information
we all should know about this animal we share our space with.
A don’t miss presentation!
The second part of the meeting, after break, will feature short
presentations from members on anything in nature they have observed and are
willing to share, Any business will be taken care of by the board at a meeting
on Monday night, to leave the second part of Tuesday’s meeting business
free.
** John Massey recently saw and photographed a female ICHNEUMON WASP
[ichneumon] appearing to be piercing the mud nest cavity of a MASON BEE [Abeille
maçonne]. Apparently, there are several Ichneumon wasps that are parasitoids of
bees, especially the mason bee group.
** Audrey Goguen had a RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD [Colibri à gorge rubis]
drop by her feeder on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17. She comments that this is the
latest that she has ever had a Ruby-throated Hummingbird visit in many years of
feeding.
** Debbie Batog has been noting a particular BEE [abeille] that has been
on a particular daisy head in her yard for a few days now. It is quite alive but
only moves away when she moves the plant, and then comes back. It seems like odd
behaviour, but only the bee knows for sure why.
** Aldo Dorio got a photo of some young specimens of the mushroom
RED-BELTED POLYPORE [Polypore margin]. The belt is white the first season before
it turns reddish and the top surface becomes darker. Aldo also photographed
CLINTONIA [Lis boréale], showing its blue mature berries.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BEE ON DAISY HEAD.SEPT 17, 2017.DEBBIE BATOG
CLINTONIA. SEPT 16, 2017.ALDO DORIO
ICNEUMON WASP.SEPT 16, 2017.JOHN MASSEY
RED-BELTED POLYPORE.SEPT 16, 2017.ALDO DORIO
