Nature Moncton Nature News: Sept 29, 2016

Alyre Chiasson will be doing a talk and walk at the Irishtown Nature Park this Saturday. The talk is called "How Nature Prepares for Winter in Irishtown Nature Park". It will begin at the Tankville School at 1:30 on Saturday Oct. 1st. After the short talk, there will be a 30 minute guided walk through the park, beginning at 2:15.

** Mike Britton was on Grand Manan last week and captured a photo of a GREATER YELLOWLEGS [Grand Chevalier] on a successful fishing mission, and also got a photo of an AMERICAN PIPIT [Pipit d'Amérique]. It's a great time window to watch for American Pipits as they migrate south from their northerly nesting grounds. Coastlines are an ideal place to find them at the moment.

** Louise Richard got photos of a few Cortinaeius) species of mushrooms at their Acadieville cabin recently. You can note the remnants of the cobwebby partial veil, which is typical of the Cortinarius species, on what would appear to be a PUNGENT CORT and a BRACELET CORT. These are not considered edible mushrooms as are most Cortinarias.

** Aldo Dorio got some photos of a PALM WARBLER [Paruline a couronne rousse] at Hay Island on Wednesday that nicely show the undertail markings to help identify this warbler when it is seen from this angle. He also got a close up of a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET [Roitelet a couronne rubis] to nicely show the broadened eye ring.

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