Nature Moncton Nature News: Sept 15 2019

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, September 15, 2019 (Sunday)

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Transcript by: David Christie maryspt@mac.com

Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)

** Enjoying the nice weather on Friday, September 13, Suzanne and Yves Poussart visited the Highland Park in Salisbury. It was possible to get some good photos of a MERLIN [Faucon émerillon] around the marsh area. There were many dragonflies, belonging to different species, flying around, most of them in a mating tandem. A close-up photo of a pair of mating LANCE-TIPPED DARNERS that shows how the end of the abdomen of the male grasps the female behind her head and how the female is holding the male abdomen with her legs.

A good number of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS [Carouge à épaulettes] were active in the cat-tail area as well, and a photo of an immature male attached.

** Verica LeBlanc stopped by Hay Island, at Néguac on Saturday to find the GREAT EGRET [Grande Aigrette] still present and bracing itself against the strong wind there. There were a notable number of GREAT BLUE HERONS [Grand Héron] along the causeway, possibly getting shelter from the wind, or where minnows were gathering.

** The WOOLLY BEAR caterpillar [chenille d’Isia isabelle] that Marguerite Winsor donated, along with the pot of Mums it was on, seems to be developing nicely. It is indeed feeding on the petals of the Mum blooms, as can be seen in the attached photo. It has grown in size and is getting darker as it enlarges.

** I may have misled folks with directions to access Eddy Marsh, near the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border, yesterday. Brian Bauld sent excellent written directions. The BlogSpot has been changed to reflect Brian’s directions. Am attaching it below for the e-mailed versions I cannot change. Thank you, Brian, for the detailed version, which will be printed and going into my own glove compartment!

“If I were coming from Moncton and taking exit 1, I would turn left, head over the overpass, (along Fort Lawrence Road) and continue for about 1 km looking for a road to the right that goes down a hill and out onto the marsh. The road is Eddy Street, but not marked as such. After I get through the wooded section, there is a turn-out to the left that takes you to one end of this area, but instead continue on another half km or so and find another turn-out to the left. About fifty yards up the rise you come to a huge marsh with waterways surrounding it. Excellent walking path that after 1 km or so gets into taller grass, but which probably affords a full-circle walk to the first turn-out mentioned above.”

** The September meeting of Nature Moncton will take place this coming Tuesday night, at 7 o’clock, at the Mapleton Rotary Lodge. Our guest speaker will be Cheyenne Currie, from the New Brunswick Nature Trust, who will be informing us of Nature Trust projects that will provide interesting sites for us to visit. These sites are very special as they are protected for special reasons. Cheyenne will also provide information on the interesting forest in New Brunswick, the Acadian forest, and why it is special. A write-up is attached and appears at <www.naturemoncton.com> under upcoming events. A follow-up field trip will be to the Elgin Mapleton forest on September 28^th to highlight many of Cheyenne’s presentation comments which just happens to be the day of a Fall Church Supper there!

Nature Moncton September Meeting

September 17, 2019 at 7:00 at Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge

Our Acadian Forest and NB Nature Trust Effort to Conserve it

Speaker: Cheyenne Currie

Cheyenne Currie, Engagement Coordinator at the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, will be joining Nature Moncton to discuss the importance of private land conservation in our province. Established in 1987, the Nature Trust of New Brunswick is a charitable land conservation organization that is responsible for conserving over 8000 acres in more than 60 beautiful and diverse nature preserves.

Cheyenne’s presentation will focus on the importance of the Acadian forest, why this forest type is endangered and how New Brunswickers can contribute to conservation efforts through the Nature Trust’s Landowner Stewardship program. If you are unable to attend the session and would like to learn more about the Nature Trust and environmental stewardship, feel free to contact Cheyenne at cheyenne.currie@ntnb.org or visit the Nature Trust website (http://www.naturetrust.nb.ca).

** It is also time to renew membership, which is very important for things like lodge rental, website fees information-line hardware, BlogSpot fees, materials for nest-box construction, and many more items.

Members are asked to go to the website at <www.naturemoncton.com> Click on “membership applications” which in turn brings up a window from which a printable membership application can be downloaded. If possible, print that and fill it in to ease the line-up at meeting time. If not able to print it, forms will be available to complete.

Susan Atkinson will also have milkweed seed packages for free distribution to be ready for next spring. Thank you Susan.

** The second half of the meeting will have a mushroom theme. There will be no formal presentation, but participants are invited to start gathering any fresh mushrooms they can find right away and put them in some peat moss or in a paper bag (not plastic). Place them in the fridge, labeled “Do not eat.” If you found them on a tree, record what species of tree it was on, or if under a tree, what species. The weather is right for mushrooms so start gathering today, to get acquainted with some of the many wild mushrooms.

Brian Stone went on one last “wild birding ride” in the Dartmouth area before heading home to meet up with a group of Moncton birders there as well. He was able to get some of the remaining Dorion fallouts as well as other interesting items. Highlights included an American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Immature Laughing Gull, Glossy Ibis, and special was a fresh Question Mark Butterfly with over and under views to show the signature question mark on underwing that gives it its name.

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Nature Moncton