NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 9,
2023
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**Jeff Melvin and his scout troop were canoeing the Restigouche
River to take note of and photograph the huge leaves of the plant Cow Parsnip as a learning experience
for the group.
Cow Parsnip poses no danger to humans but is important to
differentiate it from the much less common Giant Hogweed, which can cause
serious skin lesions in humans.
**Some female species of orb-weaver spiders are starting to increase in size, continuing to do so into fall.
Christine Lever
notes one of the Araneus genera hiding in her close-line pulley.
Christine
also noted an ant carrying off prey/egg sac that would appear much
larger than itself.
**Brian Stone sends his last (and late) photos from Wednesday's Nature Moncton Walk at Beaumont.
Earlier on
that day, Brian visited the Riverview Marsh Trail to look for the ibis that had
been there previously but only came away with photos of a female Red-winged
Blackbird, a Yellow Warbler hopping around on the ground and holding
its wings up, and a Swamp Sparrow running along the trail.
Later that
evening at Beaumont, Brian sends his left-over photos from the walk, including
plants such as Cow-Wheat, Speedwell, Twinflower, Yellow
Rattle, and some fungus such as Chanterelle Mushrooms, Orange
Jelly Fungus, and Yellow Slime Mold.
**Nelson
Poirier came across the introduced plant Viper’s Bugloss in prime bloom
on Saturday.
This
uniquely styled plant is not particularly common but not rare. It grows 30-80
cm in height, with the flowers starting off pink and going vivid blue.
In ancient
times, this plant was used to treat snake and viper bites, to give it the rather
unusual name.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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