NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, 10 October 2020 (Saturday)
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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com
Transcript by: Catherine Clements Info Line #: 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
**Jane LeBlanc got a photo of a male NORTHERN CARDINAL aside a BLUE JAY in her St. Martins yard. Jane comments the cardinal is not a common visitor to her area but like folks in the Moncton area; hope that soon changes.
**David Cannon, Nature Moncton's Irishtown Nature Park Committee representative, reports the Irishtown Nature Park's regular trail loop crossing the INP reservoir is open once again. The new bridge is installed and open to use by the public, although various details such as guardrails before and after the bridge are still to be completed. On a less happy note, the John Howard trail still remains closed due to forest fire damage earlier this year. David also attaches a photo of a Red-Breasted Nuthatch who stopped by right in front of him on the main trail.
**Over the last few days Brian Stone has been walking along the Petitcodiac River Trail on the stretch that runs by Dieppe. He sends a few of photos from those 2 walks. He got a cluster of SHAGGY MANE mushrooms, and a SMOOTH LEPIOTA mushroom showing the typical ‘Elizabethan collar’ partial veil, bulbous base, and all write when fresh (this specimen is darker as past its prime) .Also saw a NORTERN HARRIER in the distance. Took a couple portraits of Moncton along the way.
**Aldo Dorio got a photo of an AMERICAN DAGGER MOTH caterpillar [chenille de l’Acronycte d'Amérique] with its long yellow hairs (setae) and black spikes. The adult moth is quite drab compared to the colourful caterpillar. It really should be in its cocoon soon, which it probably will be, constructing its cocoon with its long hairs. Aldo also photographed more HORNED LARKS [Alouette hausse-col] at Hay Island, as well as a sharp male DARK-EYED JUNCO [Junco ardoisé] in its grey business suit.
**Mac Wilmot’s son Andy is stationed on the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, a Canadian Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker stationed in Foxe Basin in Nunavut, located between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. At the moment, on the way up, Andy saw ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS [Buse pattue], TUNDRA SWAN [Cygne siffleur], and had to alter course to avoid a BELUGA [Béluga]. POLAR BEARS [Ours blanc] are commonly seen. Just not your average pelagic trip!!.
He sends a photo of a PTARMIGAN [Lagopède alpin] that landed on the ship in its white winter plumage, to be very camouflaged against snow, not ships!
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
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