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** It was -17 degrees Celsius at 473 Manny Dr. in Miramichi this Tuesday
morning but Peter Gadd advises that the MISTLE THRUSH [Grive draine] was
foraging early in its favourite Mountain Ash tree to the delight of visitors
from Tennessee, Iowa and Halifax.
** The December meeting of Nature Moncton takes place at Moncton Rotary
Lodge across from Cabela's at 7:00 pm. tonight, Tuesday, December 12. The guest
speaker will be Curt Nason, our weekly "Sky-at-a-Glance" reporter who will share
some nice to know information about our nearest solar system neighbor, the Moon.
The write up is below. There will be an annual general meeting, but president
Susan Atkinson has assured us that it will be very short as the minutes have
already been distributed. This means that the second half of the meeting can go
ahead with anything members may bring in to share. Bring photos on a flash drive
if you have some to share. The show and tell table will be up at the front so
bring along anything of interest you can put on the table to share.
Nature Moncton
Presentation December 12, 2017 7pm
Location: Mapleton
Lodge
Presenter: Curt
Nason
Abstract: Getting
to Know the Moon
For centuries the Moon has been an inspiration for poets and lovers, a scourge for some astronomers, and a scapegoat for human misbehavior. Let us learn about its origin and its features, the role it plays in the tides and eclipses, and examine some information we have often taken as fact. Can it really turn blue or blood red? Does it really get supersized? Does the full Moon make us crazy or grow hair and fangs? Where is the Man in the Moon, and is he having an affair with Wilma Flintstone?
For centuries the Moon has been an inspiration for poets and lovers, a scourge for some astronomers, and a scapegoat for human misbehavior. Let us learn about its origin and its features, the role it plays in the tides and eclipses, and examine some information we have often taken as fact. Can it really turn blue or blood red? Does it really get supersized? Does the full Moon make us crazy or grow hair and fangs? Where is the Man in the Moon, and is he having an affair with Wilma Flintstone?
** Phil Reibel and Pam Waters came across a raptor/prey scenario on
Saturday in Miramichi that took them by surprise. They saw two
BALD EAGLES [Pygargue à tête blanche] attacking a COMMON
MERGANSER [Grand Harle]. One eagle grabbed the merganser, holding it underwater
for a while. The eagle was almost completely underwater for a time. Finally it
came out and then sat on the duck for a while. It took the eagle a long time to
lift off as at first attempts it was unsuccessful.
** Some of the White-throated Sparrow population
stay with us quite late and it is not unusual for some to appear at bird feeders
all winter long. Aldo Dorio photographed a juvenile WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
[Bruant à gorge blanche] at the Neguac wharf on Monday in the snow and also the
lone DUNLIN [Bécasseau variable] continues to remain in that
area.
Nelson
Poirier,
Nature
Moncton
BALD EAGLE TAKING COMMON MERGANSER. DEC 9, 2017.PHIL RIEBEL
BALD EAGLE TAKING COMMON MERGANSER. DEC 9, 2017.PHIL RIEBEL
BALD EAGLE TAKING COMMON MERGANSER. DEC 9, 2017.PHIL RIEBEL
DUNLIN. DEC 11, 2017. ALDO DORIO
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (JUVENILE).DEC 11, 2017.ALDO DORIO
