NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE,
February
19, 2019 (Thursday)
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Nature Moncton February meeting night happens
tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Mapleton Rotary Lodge at 7 p.m. This month
we’ll take a closer look into the lives of our very common small rodents that
we may not get to see very often, but play a very important role in the
existence of some of the mammals and birds higher up the food chain, that we
see more often and enjoy so much. Bring your own queries and experiences to
share in this presentation. The write-up is below, from the website at Nature
Moncton website at <www.naturemoncton.com>, with other upcoming events, should you wish
to see what else is coming up.
Nature Moncton
February Meeting
Our Small Rodent Community
and Those That Depend on Them
Moncton Rotary Lodge, February 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Presenter: Nelson
Poirier
The small rodents may
be some of the most populous members of Mother Nature’s community and are no
doubt some of the most significant members of that community in providing food
to mammals and birds up the food chain that we all appreciate so much such as
owls and other raptors as well as some of the larger wild mammals like foxes,
wild cats, coyote, weasels, mink, etc.
As numerous as the
small rodents are, we don’t often get to see them due to their secretive,
nocturnal, and sometimes only ground-level life. Let’s spend a few moments in
getting to know these smaller creatures by their first names and learn about
their very interesting life and times. At the same time, let’s become aware of
the critters whose existence depends upon the population of the small rodent
community.
**Every year at the Annual Festival of Nature hosted by Nature New
Brunswick, each nature group in the province makes up a box of items a
naturalist would appreciate. These boxes are raffled off in a silent
auction. Nature Moncton members and friends are asked to bring in any items
they would like to contribute to the monthly meetings to be assembled as a box
for donation to the Festival of Nature event taking place in St. Andrew's
on June 7, 8 and 9. Nature Moncton meeting is this tonight Tuesday night,
February 19 and any contributed items will be assembled and appreciated.
The next item is directed and applies only to local membership
community.
** The most important source of revenue to meet Nature Moncton's
expenses is membership fees. This is what pays for our meeting spot, web
site, telephone line, Nature Moncton membership and other miscellaneous
expenses. The membership fees are completely on the honour system and possibly
many have forgotten to pay their membership fee this year. The membership
chairperson would very much appreciate if those who have not updated their
membership to go to the web site at www.naturemoncton.com and click on Membership Application, where you can download and print a
membership application. You can bring it to the monthly meeting tonight or mail
it to the Nature Moncton mailbox with you cheque. These things are surly easy
to forget. Check on it now if applicable.
Please ignore last message if not part of local Nature Moncton
community.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
