NATURE
MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, Sept. 21, 2020 (Monday)
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**Jane LeBlanc got a photo of a duo of
a BALD EAGLE [Pygargue à tête blanche] and a TURKEY VULTURE [Urubu à tête
rouge] both enjoying the effective use of
thermals on Saturday.
**Louise Richard reports they had a
pair of Canada Jays Mésangeai
du Canada] visit their Acadieville cabin area in the spring. They were very pleased to have a family unit
of four visit them on Sunday.
**Jim Goltz shares a photo of a Blue
Morph Green Frog (Grenouille verte] that appeared at the Fredericton Botanic
Garden. The photo was taken July 21st. This morph is either becoming more common or
else more folks taking notice and sharing photos.
**Aldo Dorio got some interesting
photos at Hay Island on Sunday. An AMERICAN
PIPIT [Pipit d'Amérique] posed
nicely on the seaweed. We often get to
see this species visit our coastal areas as they migrate south from their
northern breeding grounds. Occasionally
some of them will over winter in the Maritimes if they get situated in a kelp
wrack line area where they can forage on kelp flies.
Aldo also got a photo of a juvenile WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW [Bruant à couronne blanche].
This is the only time-frame we get to see this species with its juvenile
brown stripes as when they migrate back through in the spring, they will be in
the fluorescent white head stripe plumage.
Aldo also got a SAVANNAH SPARROW
[Bruant des prés] showing the pale yellow lores and the short tail, and a fall version of a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
[Paruline à croupion jaune] We had
Gilles Belliveau help us on the latter two.
Aldo also got some documentary photos of a SWAINSON'S THRUSH [Grive à
dos olive] showing its olive back, tail, and head with the white ‘spectacles’ marking feature. A Red Fox also posed for a photo looking
quite interested in its photographer.
**Brian Stone while visiting his sister in Upham on
Saturday photographed some interesting items.
Some Smooth Lepiota mushrooms were growing in her yard. This is a common mushroom. Brian’s photos show the all-white mushroom with
the bulbous base and Elizabethan collar style of partial veil halfway up the
stock. It is suggested not to use this
species as an edible due to its similar appearance to the deadly Destroying
Angel mushroom which would not usually appear on lawns but ‘never say never’. He also photographed the Alcohol Inky
mushroom growing in a clump as it does.
This is an edible mushroom but only for teetotalers as it contains coprine
which gives an unpleasant reaction if consumed with alcohol.
Brian noted
some scat containing a lot of hair and a scent of urine to suggest a Bobcat may
still be around the area. Also a visually
interesting Tachinid Fly was nectaring on fall flowers.
I am attaching some photos of a small crop of Honey
Mushrooms that I noted on Sunday to show top and under-views, to show the gills
and typical Elizabethan collar partial veil pointed out with an arrow. A third photo shows a quick way to get a clue
to the spore print colour in mushroom groups where one is growing on top
another shedding spores (arrow) on the lower mushroom cap. The spore colour of this species is white to
pale yellow. It is an edible mushroom
and favoured by many folk.
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