Nature Moncton Nature News: June 19 2023

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 19, 2023

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**Nature Moncton’s get-together gatherings on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week are repeated at the end of the message.

**John Inman comments on a bright spot on a dreary day. A White-tailed Deer that has been feeding heavily in his Harvey back yard the last couple of weeks let her fawn pop out of long grass on Sunday. It was very gangly trying to keep up with Mom!

John also had 3 Chipmunks pop out of their borrow looking for mom and lunch. They quickly followed her back in when she returned with a meal. Mama is the one with both pouches filled with groceries!

Stumpy, a 3-legged Raccoon John has looked after for several years, came out for lunch.

**Tomorrow night, 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 some 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 so 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 20^th 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 we had a couple of very special visitors (Dale Gaskin and David Christie) join 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 21^st, 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 again 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-root 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 this is 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.