Nature Moncton Nature News: Dec 8 2020

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**Tonight, Tuesday night, is Nature Moncton virtual meeting night with David Palmer on New Brunswick Trees. The write-up is attached. For anyone anywhere to join in the presentation, click on the site below and follow the prompts.

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NATURE MONCTON DECEMBER MEETING

“The Great Trees of New Brunswick”

Date: Dec. 8^th, 2020

Time: 7:00 PM

Presenter: David Palmer

This will be a virtual meeting. Check the Nature Moncton Information Line BlogSpot for updates on how to connect.

David Palmer obtained his MSc in Forestry from UNB and is past president of both the Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.

He has recently co-authored the book Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2^nd Edition, a wonderful guide to the “more than five billion trees, many native to [New Brunswick’s] forests, some introduced by settlers.” The book acts as both a guide to identifying the trees of the province and a collection of stories connected to the most notable individual trees that New Brunswickers are drawn to.

Join David Palmer for a fascinating journey that will take us across New Brunswick to learn about the many trees that surround us and to appreciate the endurance and grandeur of some of the province’s greatest trees.

If we were meeting in person, David would have copies of his books for members to purchase. Undoubtedly, he will tell us where best to order them.

**Anna Tucker was in the Jones Lake area and photographed a PINE GROSBEAK [Durbec des sapins] with interesting plumage. Normally the males do not molt into their adult reddish-pink plumage until the second fall and this is what this bird may be doing as there appears to be significant areas of reddish developing and it does not appear to be a camera artifact. The bird did move to another tree in the last photo which interestingly is showing the red winter buds and a few remnants (arrowed) of the bract from which the flower and seed develop of the Basswood/Linden Tree.

**Fred Richards had advised the first TREE SWALLOW [Hirondelle bicolore] nest box has rolled off the shop assembly line with 79 more to follow. They will soon be available to give out free of charge, to get them up and waiting for real estate seekers when the first Tree Swallows usually start to arrive on about April 15^th. These boxes are also less frequently used by EASTERN BLUEBIRD [Merlebleu de l'Est], BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE [Mésange à tête noire] and FLYING SQUIRREL [Grand polatouche].

Leave your name and the number of boxes you would like to have, any time now.

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