NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
May 8, 2025
Nature Moncton members, as
well as any naturalist in New Brunswick or beyond, are invited to share
their photos and descriptions of recent nature sightings to build a fresh
(almost) daily edition of Nature News
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To
view the live feed of the Peregrine Falcon nest cam on the summit of Assumption
Place in Moncton, go to:
**Heads-up to set alarm for 7:00 tonight, Thursday,
for apps workshop on Zoom.
Nature Moncton’s Apps Workshop on Zoom
🦅Date: Thursday,
May 8, from 7 – 8 PM
🦉Location: Zoom
🐦Leaders: Fred
Richards & Cathy Simon
This workshop will provide the opportunity to
learn how to use 3 apps that will enrich your future nature outings and
will equip you with the tools and knowledge to contribute to citizen science
programs.
Apps:
📱Google Lens, a product of Google, uses
your cell camera or saved photos.
📱Merlin is an app for identifying birds
in the field.
📱eBird is an app for sharing your
observations in a database.
⚠To get the most out
of this workshop, please download the Merlin and eBird apps onto your phone and
follow the prompts to create an account before the workshop.⚠ To use Google Lens, you will only need an internet
connection and a browser on your phone.
Participants are also encouraged to join us
for a walk at the Bell Street (Wilson’s) Marsh on Saturday, May 10, starting at
10 AM, where they can put their new skills to work. Saturday, May 10, is Global
Big Day, which is an annual global birding event where bird enthusiasts record
their bird sightings and contribute to scientific research through the eBird
platform.
🦆All are welcome,
Nature Moncton member or not.
**It’s that time of year when some of the
beautiful spring ephemeral plants emerge in a brief show, capturing the
sunlight before the leaves of the trees come on, then disappearing as if they were
never there until the following spring when they reemerge on their spring mission.
Trout lily is one of these gems, which Nelson
Poirier photographed on Wednesday in an area of shoreline alluvial soil.
A second plant photographed was wild leek.
This plant's bright green elongated linear leaves will emerge almost before
everything else. It is a very sought-after wild edible. It is found much
more abundantly to the south of us, for example in Georgia, where ramp (local
common name for a wild leek) festivals are held when it emerges. As it is known from only a few areas in New Brunswick, the sites are not publicized to avoid overharvest.
The flavour of the leaves is described as similar to green onions, chives, and
garlic, but more potent.
The leaves will soon turn yellow and
disappear to leave a bulb which will shoot up a stalk topped with small white
flowers that will produce seeds.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
