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** John Massey sends a photo of one of
our 3 SCABER STALK species of BOLETE MUSHROOMS that we have in New Brunswick.
The Scaber Stalks are in the literature as edible but I have no personal
experience of that. John found several of them on Wednesday in the Restigouche
River area.
** Jane Leblanc got a zoomed in photo
of YELLOW JACKET WASPS enjoying visiting her Goldenrod plants. It will not be
long before all but the queen of the hive will be off to wasp heaven. It may appear they only have the 2 wings of a fly but BugGuide points out the Vespidae can fold the 4 wings to appear as 2 when at rest.
She also got a nice photo of a SPOTTED
TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR at full size now and possibly into cocoon soon for
winter.
** Ado Dorio photographed a family unit
of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS [Merlebleu de l'Est] at Hay Island on Wednesday morning.
The young of the year birds are still showing immature spotting. He also
photographed a GREATER YELLOWLEGS [Grand Chevalier] that shows how variable
their plumage can be at the moment.
** Larry Sherrard and I visited a
burned section of forest on the South Cains River Rd. near Miramichi on
Wednesday. This is an area that Mike Plourde explored a few weeks ago and gave
us directions to find which was an adventure in itself, but was very
rewardingly worth it. Mike found the area to be rich in woodpeckers, especially
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS [Pic à dos noir] and encountered 3 BLACK BEARS [Ours
noir]. After a period of searching we found an area with several Black-backed
Woodpeckers that were actively feeding and vocalizing their short “rattle” call
and harsh “chip” call.
They tended to be feeding quite high in
the trees and were hard to get good photos of, but got great binocular observations
with them completely ignoring our presence. Some photos that we got are
attached. Only the males have the yellow crown and Sibley’s points out that the
juvenile birds do as well but the females lose it as they mature. We found
several Black-backed Woodpeckers seemingly concentrated in one area, but by the
look of the foraged areas on the trees they cover a large territory there.
A burned over area surely is a world of
habitat onto its own for some members of Mother Nature’s community. We did find
evidence of recent Black Bear presence by scat, but did not see any. There were
lots of fresh Moose tracks but again no observations.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
GREATER YELLOWLEGS. SEPT 2, 2020. ALDO DORIO
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS (FAMILY UNIT). SEPT 2, 2020. ALDO DORIO
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS (FAMILY UNIT). SEPT 2, 2020. ALDO DORIO
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER FORAGED BURNED TREES. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
SAWDUST FROM INSECT INFESTED BURNED TREE. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
BEAR SCAT. SEPT 2, 2020. NELSON POIRIER
SCABER STALK MUSHROOM. SEPT 2, 2020. JOHN MASSEY
SPOTTED TUSSOCK MOTH CATERPILLAR. SEPT. 2, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
YELLOW JACKET WASPS (VESPIDAE) ON GOLDENROD. SEPT. 1, 2020. JANE LEBLANC
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