NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
June 18,
2023
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**Mother Nature’s weather has the
camera shutters of nature photographers quiet the past few days, but the
forecast for the coming days is great, and two Nature Moncton events are happening to get ‘real’
summer started.
On Tuesday night, the Nature Moncton
meeting night will start at 6:30 PM with an outdoor barbecue of
comradeship at the Mapleton Rotary Lodge to be followed by a slideshow of photos
folks took on the spring warbler walk, and a few surprises may get blended in. Folks
are asked to leave their name with Louise Nichols if attending, but if you and
a friend decide to show up at the last minute, no problem. The write-up as it
appears on the website is attached below:
NATURE
MONCTON JUNE MEETING
JUNE 20,
2023, AT 6:30 PM
ROTARY
PAVILION, MAPLETON PARK
END-OF-THE-YEAR
BARBEQUE!
Our June meeting
will be the social event of the year to celebrate a successful
fall/winter/spring of meetings and activities.
Members and non-members are all invited to the Rotary Pavilion at
Mapleton Park, where we will serve delicious beef and veggie hamburgers and
enjoy a picnic outdoors. All food will
be provided as a thank you from the executive for all your help and
participation, which has made our club successful.
After we feast on
hamburgers, we’ll go inside and watch some slides of photos taken by
participants of the Hillsborough warbler excursion held on May 20th and
guided by Gordon Rattray. So if you were
present on that outing, choose your best 10 photos and bring them on a USB
stick. Many birds, plants, and insects
were observed that day, and this will be a chance to look back on it all and
share some great photos with others.
Photos of the group are also welcome, as a couple of very special
visitors (Dale Gaskin and David Christie) joined us that day.
So we can get an
idea of how much food will be needed, please let Louise Nichols know if you
plan to attend the barbeque at nicholsl@eastlink.ca.
Hope to see you all
there. All are welcome, Nature Moncton
member or not.
**On the following night, the first Nature Moncton Wednesday evening walk is
on June 21st, starting at 7 pm at Haut du Ruisseau Nature Park in
Memramcook. Traveling on #106 from Memramcook toward Dorchester, turn
left on Breau Creek Road, then left, toward the park sign, at the corner of
Breau Creek Road and Palmer Road. The 5KM trail system within the park is
well-signed and colour coded.
There are 5
km of trails from easy gravel/packed ground to steep climbs and some
tree-rooted paths giving moderate conditions. There is a portapotty in the
parking lot. The lot can hold about 10 vehicles. There are benches,
covered benches, and little buildings to sit in with windows to see out.
On a scouting
walk, Fred and Sue Richards noted there were many places to stop and view nature
which had many birds to be heard and some to be seen.
This
nearby excellent hiking trail may be new to many and a perfect chance to
explore it and to enjoy it with comradeship and lots of sharp eyes to miss nothing!
The regular
Wednesday evening walks are starting with a perfect choice.
In addition
to the written directions above, a park map is attached below.
