** The shrub WILD-RAISIN [Alisier] is becoming more obvious now, with its
green fruit taking on a pink cast. John Massey shares a photo of a Wild-Raisin
shrub taken a few days ago. The pinkish, sometimes very abundant fruit
will turn blue, then nearly black at full maturity. They are edible, but the
single seed is so large and the fruit pulp quite thin to make it little more
than a nibble. It is only tasty when fully ripe.
John also shares a photo of a Woodchuck/Ground Hog captured at Big Salmon
River on the rocks there as well as a Bald-faced Hornet’s nest that are now
nearing their maximum size. John comments they nest each year at the same
location close to where last year’s nest was built and destroyed
** A plant that is still sporting brilliant yellow blooms is the EVENING PRIMROSE [Onagre]. The blooms prefer to open at night and on dark cloudy days to attract moth pollinators. Grand Manan, on Sunday was very dark and foggy, and the Evening Primrose were delighted to open their blooms to be photographed. Even fully developed seed pods can be seen in the midst of the attached photo. Large spiders were also content with the conditions and a large CROSS SPIDER checked out our camera lens. A suspected spider nest/cocoon was much more cooperative at not moving, as was a Fall Webworm caterpillar, keeping out of the fog and wind in the poorly lit undergrowth. It's hard not to have a great day on Grand Manan!
** A plant that is still sporting brilliant yellow blooms is the EVENING PRIMROSE [Onagre]. The blooms prefer to open at night and on dark cloudy days to attract moth pollinators. Grand Manan, on Sunday was very dark and foggy, and the Evening Primrose were delighted to open their blooms to be photographed. Even fully developed seed pods can be seen in the midst of the attached photo. Large spiders were also content with the conditions and a large CROSS SPIDER checked out our camera lens. A suspected spider nest/cocoon was much more cooperative at not moving, as was a Fall Webworm caterpillar, keeping out of the fog and wind in the poorly lit undergrowth. It's hard not to have a great day on Grand Manan!
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
BALD-FACED HORNET'S NEST.SEPT 10, 2016.JOHN MASSEY
CROSS SPIDER.SEPT 10, 2016.NELSON POIRIER
EVENING PRIMROSE.SEPT 11, 2016.NELSON POIRIER.
EVENING PRIMROSE.SEPT 11, 2016.NELSON POIRIER.
FALL WEBWORM CATERPILLAR.SEPT 11, 2016.NELSON POIRIER
GROUNDHOG AKA WOODCHUCK.SEPT 10, 2016.JOHN MASSEY
SPIDER NEST SUSPECTED.SEPT 11, 2016.NELSON POIRIER
WILD RAISIN. SEPT 9, 2016.JOHN MASSEY
