NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, September 26, 2019 (Thursday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
John Inman at 225 Mary’s Point Road has
had a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD arrive at his feeder yard to first appear on
Tuesday but was unsure about it as it seemed to have a lot of orange colour in
the head area and brown on the body. Dave Christie was able to spend time
waiting for it to come by John’s place on Wednesday and after an hour, it
arrived to feed on a post feeder and on the ground. He feels from the plumage,
it is either a female or immature male bird.
From past behaviour of fall Yellow-headed Blackbird
visitors, it may well keep returning to John Inman’s well-stocked feeder yard.
The yellow-headed Blackbird is a
species very common in western Canada that occasionally drops by eastern Canada
in spring and fall.
** The mushrooms were almost exploding
with excitement on Wednesday after a cool rain. HORSE MUSHROOMS [Agaricus
arvensis] were extremely abundant and of course many fresh, choice specimens
were available. Rick Cunjak sends a nice photo of a FLY AGARIC [Amanita
muscaria] just emerged and happy with the moisture on his P.E.I cottage lawn. There
is another one beside it just about to emerge. The Fly Agaric is not an edible
mushroom with ingestion of it causing potentially unpleasant hallucinations and
visions.
** There are some reports of a pair of NORTHERN
CARDINALS [Cardinal rouge] in the Shediac Cape area which may be 2 pair or the
same pair circulating, but there is at least one pair in the area suggesting
that a pair has nested. Brother Turcotte at the retired priest’s residence
called Bois Joli in Shediac Cape had a pair there for the past few months and
Norbert Poirier, also in the same area, has also had a pair.
** Julie Pellerin reports that at least
2 of the 3 GREAT EGRETS [Grande Aigrette] that have been seen in the
Pointe-du-Chéne area are still present. They were seen at the small marshy area
off St. John St. on Wednesday.
** WINTERBERRY HOLLY is a bush that
grows well at Hay Island. Aldo Dorio photographed a bush heavily laden with
berries that will cling on to the leafless branches all winter. They are
becoming more evident now as they ripen to red and the leaves fall. They prefer
to grow in wet areas. The berries are popular with birds that are fruit connoisseurs. Aldo shares a
photograph of a bush and the ripening, plump berries up close.
Winterberry Holly is one of our true native holly species in New Brunswick. It is diecious meaning berries will only appear on female plants.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
FLY AGARIC MUSHROOM. SEPT 25, 2019. RICK CUNJAK
WINTERBERRY HOLLY. SEPT 25, 2019. ALDO DORIO
WINTERBERRY HOLLY. SEPT 25, 2019. ALDO DORIO
