NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, October 24, 2019 (Thursday)
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** Clarence Cormier is enjoying
watching the behavior of 3 WHITE-TAILED DEER [Cerf de Virginie] around his
Grande-Digue site. It would appear like one is an adult doe and the second
largest seems to suggest that it may be a year old doe that has possibly
rejoined its mother from last year with a smaller buck which may be a young of
the year. Note the arrow to the developing pedicles that show it is a male.
Clarence comments that the largest doe is the leader of the trio and the
second, smaller doe seems to eye the young buck closely. They all graze
together on wild flowers and grasses and the young buck that acts somewhat
playful is very curious about crab apples. It might also be noted that the 2
does are taking on the greyer pelage of winter while the young buck is still
retaining its summer brown plumage. They give pleasant moments watching them interact.
** There is another Caledonia Gorge
Protected Natural Area photo to share. We have several species of AVENS in New
Brunswick, but one characteristic that is an identification clue is the small (dorky!)
leaflet in between the larger almost strawberry-like leaves. One almost has to
see avens in flower to know what species it is, but for a late October photo it
is just “avens”. Also Gart Bishop showed us the identifiable features of 3 WOOD
FERNS that were growing within 15 ft. of one another. Unfortunately the camera
did not function to show the features of the pinnules on the lower side of the
lowest pinna to readily tell the Evergreen Wood Fern, Spinulose Wood Fern and Mountain
Wood Fern apart. That opportunity will hopefully present itself before the Spinulose
and Mountain Wood Ferns retire their greenery for the winter. Gart did point
out a large clumping fern with round fruit dots indicate it is a wood fern in
the Dryopteris genus as an attached photo shows.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
WHITE-TAILED DEER. OCT 22, 2019.CLARENCE CORMIER
WHITE-TAILED DEER. OCT 22, 2019.CLARENCE CORMIER
WHITE-TAILED DEER. OCT 22, 2019.CLARENCE CORMIER
AVENS. OCT. 19, 2019. BRIAN STONE
WOOD FERN FRUIT DOTS. OCT. 19, 2019. BRIAN STONE