NATURE MONCTON NATURE INFORMATION LINE, Oct. 19,
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**The
October Nature Moncton meeting is on tonight, Tuesday, at 7 PM via Zoom. All
details below:
Nature Moncton October Meeting
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7:00
Marine Animal Response Society
Zoom presentation https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89989465110?pwd=WS9SVTZVaFJsZlVCMWZmOUpxU2Vrdz09
All are welcome to join in
The Marine Animal Response Society is a charitable organization
dedicated to marine animal (whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals)
conservation in the Maritimes through response, research and education. MARS
personnel will present information regarding our programs, the species
encountered and how our efforts support their conservation. Information on how
community members can help respond to marine animal incidents in the Maritime
Provinces as volunteers with MARS will also be provided. Volunteers and
community supporters are key to the success of this organization, and with
their help, MARS is able to assist live animals in trouble and gather valuable
information from dead animals which contributes to the conservation of these
incredible marine species.
The presenter can give a personal introduction at the meeting.
This
meeting will be a virtual Zoom meeting and the link for anyone anywhere to join
the presentation is
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89989465110?pwd=WS9SVTZVaFJsZlVCMWZmOUpxU2Vrdz09
**There has been some discussion lately on Pileated Woodpeckers
checking out the abundant Mountain Ash crop. Dale and Helen Halfpenny got the treat
of watching a Pileated Woodpecker enjoying Mountain Ash berries at Fundy
National Park recently. Dale comments it is the first time they have ever seen
this species feeding on Mountain Ash berries and got excellent photos of the
contented woodpecker.
**The Netted Stinkhorn Mushroom seems to be proliferating this
season as so many other mushroom species are. Lynda LeClerc found some in mulch
around her garden and got some excellent photos. Photoshop is not installed on
my new computer yet so can’t place an arrow to the unopened “eggs” from which
this foul-smelling character emerges. (Only smells bad after it emerges). The
modus operandi of this mushroom is to attract flies via the fetid odour that
will disseminate its spores. The unopened mushroom is considered an edible delicacy in
some cultures.
**The Pine Matsutake Mushroom is/has become a sought-after
edible. Jamie and Karen Burris were on a woods walk on Monday and found some
gems. They can get quite large and Jamie photographed Karen holding a 10-inch
diameter specimen as well as a good photo example of their appearance with the
clear area above the partial veil on the stalk and the brown blotchy area
below. The cap and gills can be brown spotted/stained and the mushroom
has a spicy-sweet odour. The spore print is white.
Jamie comments they sell for $250 per kilogram online. (fresh, not dried!)
**We mentioned yesterday about the unexpected number of Common Looper
Moths being seen and photographed lately day flying and visiting flowers.
Louise Nichols was one that sent in one of the first photos a few weeks ago and
now comments that she is now seeing them constantly, sometimes a lot of them at
once seemingly everywhere around the flowerbeds and on clover on the lawn.
I have never seen this in the
past so assuming for some reason, this is a boom year for this species.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
