NATURE MONCTON
INFORMATION LINE, January 23, 2017 (Monday)
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by: David Christie maryspt@mac.com
** On Sunday Elaine Gallant spotted and
photographed a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER [Paruline à croupion jaune] that is
overwintering in the Parlee Beach area, where the proposed campground is to be
placed.
** The Nature Moncton activities committee has
planned a SWALLOW BOX PROJECT and workshop. The write-up is added below. Those
interested in participating, please respond to this message with your name,
e-mail address, telephone number, and the number of boxes you feel confident
that you can erect and maintain. Boxes will be distributed on a first-come,
first-served basis, and will be ready at the workshop on March 18, to be
erected before April 15.
Swallow Nest Box Project
The Nature Moncton Activities Committee
is launching a long-term nest box project which we hope will be enthusiastically
embraced for the duration.
The nest boxes can also potentially
be used by Eastern Bluebirds and Black-capped Chickadees.
Our member, Fred
Richards, has volunteered to cut-out and assemble 49/50 very solid and
well-made nest boxes with an expected life-span of 15 years. The 50th
one will be assembled at the Nest Box
Project Workshop on March 18, 2017. The workshop, led by Fred Richards and
Roger Leblanc, will provide all the knowledge needed on where best to erect the
boxes for maximum effect and how to maintain them. The aim of assembling the
last one at the workshop is to show participants the plans and how to build
more should they wish.
The first 50
will be free of charge to paid-up Nature
Moncton members. This wonderful
project can be offered thanks to Fred volunteering his time to build them and Louise
Richard who obtained a grant from the Imperial Oil Volunteer Involvement
Program which will fund the building materials. Each numbered box will be
stamped with the Nature Moncton logo.
We are asking
for volunteers who will adopt the boxes and be willing to place them and
maintain them each year. If interested in joining the project, please respond
to this email with your name, contact email address, telephone number, and the
number of nest boxes you feel you can place and maintain.
Everyone is welcome to attend the March 18,
2017 workshop whether or not you will be an active participant in the project, be
a perspective swallow landlord, or are an existing landlord interesting in
learning new ideas.
** An incident too good not to share that was
not humourous at the time but is in retrospect; I took Pat to see the huge
flock of ducks in Mapleton Park on Sunday. Her mallard-sized dog Dude came
along on a short leash, but suddenly Pat was holding an empty leash in her hand
as Dude escaped, roared down over the bank at Peregrine Falcon speed, for a
polar-bear dip in Halls Creek in the midst of the flight frenzy of startled
ducks. After a few roars that I suspect most of Moncton heard, Dude returned,
tail between his legs and very cold. The ducks are probably still laughing.
Dude apologizes to Jim Brown who was about to photograph the female WOOD
DUCK [Canard branchu]. The ducks very promptly returned as if nothing had
happened.
Nelson
Poirier,
Nature
Moncton
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBER.JAN 22, 2017.ELAINE GALLANT
