NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION
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Transcript by: Judy Marsh
marshj@nbnet.nb.ca
** A big
thank you to Ulrike Irlich, who took us
on a trip to Cape Town, South Africa at Tuesday night’s Nature Moncton meeting. It surely showed a different part of
the world, with an incredible diversity of wildlife, some of which who's numbers
are decreasing seriously. It was quite a trip on a cold December New Brunswick
night. When asked what she found most striking of her now being in New
Brunswick, was the tall trees and the mushrooms. There is a significant problem
with invasive plants and the species in Cape Town and one we have in common is
Purple Loosestrife. Climate change is causing significant change as it is in
most places on earth.
** Mac
Wilmot's female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER [Pic à ventre roux] continues to be a
daily patron. Apart from suet, she has decided to work on an apple tree bark to
forage and has done a real number on the tree. Mac thought the tree was
healthy, but looks like the woodpecker has decided differently.
** Jane
LeBlanc got a nice photo of an adult male BUFFLEHEAD [Petit Garrot] on Tuesday
in the mouth of Tynemouth Creek (between St. Martin's and Saint John) She
comments that there are often Buffleheads at that site, especially as the tide
moves in. A resident BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] is also there. The
Bufflehead is one of the Golden-Eye group, and although it is our smallest
duck, it makes up for it in it's striking male breeding plumage.
**
Christmas Bird Count coordinator, Roger LeBlanc reminds that the Moncton
Christmas Bird Count is now only days away and is scheduled for this coming
Saturday, December 15th. It is important to watch for any species
that may be seen in the count period. In Moncton it runs from Friday, December
14th to Tuesday December 18th. It will be important to
record any species not seen on count day during that period to get included in
the count. Also, those who will conduct the count at their feeder yard, if in
the Moncton circle, would be very appreciated. I am sending the directions for
that as a separate e-mail as it was challenging to insert it in the transcription
earlier.
Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
BUFFLEHEAD (MALE). DEC 11, 2018. JANE LeBLANC
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (FEMALE). DEC 11, 2018. MAC WILMOT
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER WORKINGS. DEC 11, 2018. MAC WILMOT
