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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Dan Hicks has had a MINK [Vison
d'Amerique] visiting a pond at his Elmwood Drive property the
last few days. Dan comments that it has been very inquisitive, scurrying around
the pond, and even rolling around in the bit of snow present Sunday. Dan has
not seen it catch any fish yet, but suspects that is its interest in the pond.
Note the white patch under the chin that is a feature of all wild mink.
** Pam Watters
and Phil Riebel’s INDOOR CAT [Chat d’interieur] found a SHREW [Musaraigne] in their
basement, to offer them as a gift. The upshot is that this enabled Phil to take
some great photos to show some of the ID features that differentiate a SHREW
from a VOLE, or STAR-NOSED MOLE. The
front paws of the STAR-NOSED MOLE, our only resident MOLE [Taupe], has very
obvious tentacles on the front of its nose, and its front paws are massive, to
enable its bull-dozing earth-moving behaviour. The VOLE has a very rounded,
blunt, nose, whereas the SHREW has a long, extended snood of a nose, and an
over-extended jaw. We have 3 VOLE species in New Brunswick, all similar to each
other, and several SHREW species that, again, share basic similarities.
** Rheal Vienneau forwards a photo of a HEMLOCK LOOPER
MOTH taken by a friend during the past summer. This mid-sized moth is
problematic in that its larvae are defoliators of several conifer species. As
its names suggests, it targets HEMLOCK trees, but it also goes to BALSAM FIR,
WHITE PINE and RED SPRUCE.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton
MINK. DEC 1, 2019. DAN HICKS
HEMLOCK LOOPER MOTH. VIA RHEAL VIENNEAU
SHREW (DORSAL VIEW).DEC 2, 2019. PHIL RIEBEL
SHREW (VENTRAL VIEW).DEC 2, 2019. PHIL RIEBEL
SHREW.DEC 2, 2019. PHIL RIEBEL
(FRONT PAW) DEC 2, 2019. PHIL RIEBEL
SHREW(TAIL AND REAR PAWS) DEC 2, 2019. PHIL RIEBEL
