** Mike Britton got two nice photos showing SANDERLINGS
[Bécasseau sanderling] with their habit of chasing the waves. This is very
typical Sanderling behavior.
** Mark Macaulay came across a semicircle of large
mushrooms on a lawn in Sussex on Monday afternoon. I often hesitate to call a
mushroom without a spore print but I am fairly confident that they are the
delicious HORSE MUSHROOMS [Agaricus arvensis] as Mark's photos are
excellent, showing the pinkish gills, no significantly enlarged base to the
mushroom stalk, a pale blush of yellow on the top of some of them, growing in a
semicircle, the lawn habitat, and there happens to be an excellent fruiting of
this species on at the moment. The spore print of the Horse Mushroom is a very
dark brown to black in colour. We have stored a few dozen packages of them by
sauteing them in Becel and freezing them in airtight packages using a vacuum
packaging food saver.
** John Foster visited a market when in Beijing recently and took note of
how folks brought live crabs for sale and how they would take them home in their
shopping bags without any surprises when one reaches for them. He watched a
young man at the market tying them up. John felt they appeared to be our
invasive Green Crab, which they could well be. I understand that some peoples do
use them as food.
** I was at the Neguac wharf on Saturday and noted approximately fifty
NORTHERN GANNETS [Fou de Bassan] in a feeding frenzy, diving for what I expect
would be either Mackerel or Atlantic Herring. Whatever species of fish it was it
was moving in a fairly straight line and not far offshore.
** There have been some questions if registration is necessary for the
guided Magnetic Hill Zoo visit this coming Saturday. Registration is not
necessary. Just be at the Magnetic Hill Zoo parking lot at 10:00 am, this
Saturday morning, Oct. 15. The write up is attached again, and a reminder will
be repeated on Friday.
Nature Moncton visit to Magnetic Hill
Zoo
Meet at 10:00 AM
The philosophy of zoos has changed considerably over the
years. Now very few animals
in zoos are taken from the wild, but instead they are bred in
captivity, and many
species endangered in the wild and bred
this way are released back into their natural habitat to bolster
numbers.
On Saturday, October 15, Nature Moncton members will be
given a special opportunity to see the animals at the zoo and some behind-the-scenes activities in
active progress. This trip will be led by Bruce Dougan, General Manager of the
Magnetic Hill zoo.
Many of us may not be aware that the Magnetic Hill Zoo, here on our doorsteps, is one of the more
recognized zoos in Canada for its programs and displays.
Meet at 10 AM
at the Magnetic Hill zoo parking lot on Saturday, October 15. Family and friends
are welcome.
Adult (18+)
$11
Senior/Youth (12-17) (60+)
$10
Child (4-11)
$8
Toddlers (0-3)
free
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
CRABS FOR SALE IN BEIJING MARKET.SEPT 2016.JOHN FOSTER
HORSE MUSHROOM.Oct 10, 2016. MARC MACAULAY.
HORSE MUSHROOM.Oct 10, 2016. MARC MACAULAY.
HORSE MUSHROOM.Oct 10, 2016. MARC MACAULAY.
SANDERLINGS OCT. 7, 2016. MICHAEL BRITTON.
SANDERLINGS OCT. 7, 2016. MICHAEL BRITTON.
