Dec 30 2019

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, December 30, 2019 (Monday)

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Editedby Nelson Poirier, nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

Transcript by David Christie, maryspt@mac.com

Info Line #:  506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)

** January 2020 is coming up fast and the Nature Moncton Activities Committee is ready to get things started on January 11, and that’s less than two weeks away. Roger LeBlanc will give a presentation on “What’s that Bird”. Roger bills his presentation as one for beginners, but I strongly suspect that there will be lots of take-home information for any birder, no matter how experienced we may feel we are. The write-up as it appears on the web page at www.naturemoncton.ca is below.

Nature Moncton Workshop and Outing
Date: January 11th, 2020
Time: 9:30 am (workshop); outing in the afternoon
Location: Tankville School
Leader: Roger Leblanc
Cost: $8.00

Please register for the workshop with Louise Nichols at nicholsl@eastlink.ca.

WHAT’S THAT BIRD???


Are you just getting started in bird watching and asking yourself these kinds of questions:

- Where do I start to identify a bird? There are so many.
- What about places to bird? Where do I find what bird?
- What about guides, apps, sites and equipment? What should I get?
- Once I have the toys what should I do with them?
- Where do I find help out there and how do I get better at birding?

  Nature Moncton knows that a lot of new nature enthusiasts are joining our ranks, while some that have been around for a while are still puzzled by these questions. And since the New Year is a great time to start something that you have been wanting to try for a while we will offer, early in 2020, a birding workshop with our own Roger Leblanc. Roger, a well known bird expert with more than 25 years of experience, will explore all these questions with you and any others you might have. While it can seem overwhelming at the start, there is great pleasure and a sense of accomplishment in learning to know birds and nature better. In an indoor workshop, Roger will share his expertise on finding and identifying birds as well as many tips on various aspects of bird watching.  Then after a couple of hours indoors talking about birds and birding, we will put it all together by --“YES” -- going birding outside. At this point you can put your newfound know-how to the test in the field with the help of Roger. As many have said, bird watching is all about time spent in the field and so we will go out to see what Mother Nature has in store for us. Some extra binoculars and scopes will be available.

All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.

This is the first event with lots more already planned. Web-master Brian Stone has several other confirmed ones at the website, under “Upcoming Events.” The January meeting is Members’ Night, which is on the website as well, and will be mentioned more in the January 1^st information line edition.

** Brian Stone got a photo of the waxing crescent moon, as it started its track across the southwestern sky at 6 p.m. on Sunday evening, appearing to be not that far distant from the planet Venus. Of course, the two are not really close at all, but their path of light looked near. Venus is the brightest object in the night sky, next to the sun and moon. It will look almost double the distance part on Monday evening, but it will all happen again at the end of January. David Christie got a great observation of it on Saturday night when the two were closer in appearance in the Riverside-Albert area as a section of sky cleared.

Nelson Poirier   nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com;

Nature Moncton

  

MOON AND VENUS. DEC.29, 2019. BRIAN STONE

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