Nature Moncton Nature News: Nov 20 2017

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** The NATURE MONCTON NOVEMBER MEETING is taking place tomorrow, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 21, in the Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge, across from Cabela’s, with special guest speaker Jim Wilson who will be giving a presentation on vultures. A write-up is attached below:

Nature Moncton Monthly Presentation.

November 21st, 2017 at 7pm
Location: Mapleton Park Lodge, off Cabela Dr.
Living on the Edge: The Life of the Turkey Vulture.
A presentation by Jim Wilson

Much maligned and misunderstood, vultures usually get a bad rap from almost everyone. But that’s because we don’t understand them and we judge them by their appearance and by what and how they eat. In reality, they’re very interesting birds, passive and highly intelligent and possessing some ingenious strategies to deal with the uncertainty of not knowing when or where their next meal is coming from. This presentation will almost certainly change your opinion. Given by Jim Wilson, one of NB’s most knowledgeable birders and a great speaker, this talk is sure to be outstanding. But add to that the fact that Jim has played a leading role in discovering this species’ first proven nesting site in the province and also that Turkey Vultures started to be seen here more regularly about two decades ago very close to his home, and we should be in for a very entertaining evening with Jim and the vultures.

Mike Dickinson will be arriving with a large load of black oil sunflower seeds, so be there as soon as you can after 6 p.m. to make sure you get your reserved bags. One hundred bags have been reserved .

Also, bring any items of interest for the show and tell table, as well as any photos you would like to share with the group. Bring them on a flash drive.

** Bruce Coates got a nice photo of a basic plumage RED-THROATED LOON [Plongeon catmarin] on Nov. 18 at Cape Tormentine. It is often a nice site at which to see these winter visitors, sometimes up close. There was also a LONG-TAILED DUCK [Harelde kakawi], another winter visitor, that Bruce saw at the old ferry terminal.

** Brian Stone is visiting in Perth, Ontario, and shares some photos of what may just happen any day here in New Brunswick; I suspect that it already has in a few areas. The first snowfall does look nice, especially when it brings birds to our feeder offerings, and the damp new snow is great for looking at animal tracks in the snow.

** I’m also attaching a photo of a feeder I am trying for peanut butter. I think it actually was meant for shelled peanuts but the peanut butter connoisseurs really like it.

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Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton