Nature Moncton Nature News: July 6 2017

NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, July 06, 2017 ( Thursday )

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Edited by: Nelson Poirier nelson@nb.sympatico.ca

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** There surely is not the number of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS [Engoulevent d'Amérique] at dusk now that we used to see and hear in past years. Louise Richard comments that she saw and heard three in the Jones lake area at 9:45 pm Wednesday evening.

** Lois Budd encountered an unexpected scenario on Tuesday. A friend got stung by a Yellow Jacket Wasp and when she went back to destroy the nest she found that ants were working over the nest. They first didn't allow the wasps back into the nest and then totally destroyed it. We have not encountered this before so please send any comments relating to this.

** Insect galls are common on many plant species, but especially on Chokecherry. Lisa Morris noticed a lot of them on a tree in her yard and photographed them. There is some chewing on the leaf edges but this would not be from the insect which is in the gall and is probably in the larval stage. These galls would normally do little harm to the tree.

** Brian Stone took some photos in Shubie Park in Dartmouth on Wednesday. He got an excellent photo of the uncommon SLATY SKIMMER DRAGONFLY. Also the LANCET CLUBTAIL DRAGONFLY and the common EASTERN FORKTAIL DAMSELFLY as well as WATER STRIDERS on ponds.

** The Nature Conservancy of Canada is hosting four evening receptions where Johnathan White will discuss his twenty years of working in, and the importance of, conserving land in the Bay of Fundy which led to the book "Tides, The Science and Spirit of the Ocean". Two of these will take place in New Brunswick, one in Moncton and one in St. John. The Moncton event will take place at Resurgo Place next Tuesday evening, July 11, from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. A write up is added to this edition. I am not sure of the number of spaces available so if you are interested I would suggest checking with the contacts.

Join Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and author Jonathan White for an evening reception discussing all things tides. Jonathan will be presenting his newly released book, Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, in four Atlantic cities over four days.

See event locations and details below.

Moncton, New Brunswick

Tuesday, July 11
5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Resurgo Place
20 Mountain Road Moncton, NB

Along with Jonathan’s presentation, NCC will discuss its 20-plus years of working in and the importance of conserving land in the Bay of Fundy, one of the world’s greatest natural wonders and home of the world’s highest tides.

Venue sponsored by Resurgo Place.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Thursday, July 13
5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

New Brunswick Museum
1 Market Street Saint John, NB

Along with Jonathan’s presentation, NCC will discuss its 20-plus years of working and the importance of conserving land in the Bay of Fundy, one of the world’s greatest natural wonders and home of the world’s highest tides.

Venue sponsored by New Brunswick Museum

To RSVP or for more information,
please contact Meghan Coyle:

1 (877) 231-4400
meghan.coyle@natureconservancy.ca

More about Jonathan White

After nearly losing his 65’ wooden schooner in a large Alaskan tide, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White vowed to understand the tide. He knew the moon had something to do with it, but what exactly? He read a book, then two. Ten years later, he had read three hundred books and criss-crossed the seven seas to see the largest, fastest, scariest, and most amazing tides in the world. With photographs, stories, and short readings, Jonathan takes his audiences on an enthralling journey into the surprising and poetic workings of the tide.

*Copies of Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean will be available for purchase (approximately $40).

** I was donated a BLACK SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY [Papillon du céleri] chrysalis last Fall and placed it in a jar in a fridge for the winter and placed it outside a few weeks ago. On Wednesday a female Black Swallowtail emerged from the chrysalis, ready to start a new generation. She was placed on Dill in the yard but I doubt if she will stay as she may have to be checking out some of the singles bars before completing the egg laying mission. A photo of the empty chrysalis is attached as well as the striking butterfly. She surely slipped out leaving little evidence of having broken out of the now empty chrysalis shell.

nelson@nb.sympatico.ca

Nelson Poirier,

Nature Moncton