NATURE MONCTON INFORMATION LINE, September 15, 2021 (Wednesday)
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Info Line # 506-384-6397 (384-NEWS)
** Frank Branch had a pleasant surprise
in his Paquetville yard on Thursday morning when he had a visit from an
immature female SCARLET TANAGER, to
get photos. In consult with Gilles Belliveau, he points out that in Birds of
the World, in the appearance section of the Scarlet Tanager, and scrolling down
to Basic 1 plumage to read the description for females in this plumage, it is a
really good match for Frank’s photos.
The bird was in a Mountain Ash tree and Frank saw it consume a berry before it departed.
** RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRDS are moving out of New Brunswick; however Jane and Eddie
Leblanc have just returned from a week in Ontario to see family and there were
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds everywhere. They saw numerous ones in London,
Goderich, and Port Stanley. Jane was also told that it is not late for hummers
there. Everyone still has feeders out and many plants are still flowering. Also,
daytime highs while they were there were averaging 25° to 30° Celsius, not cold
at all. It would appear from Jane’s comments that Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
take their cues possibly from day length in New Brunswick but that may not be
the case in Ontario. There was no sign of hummingbird activity in the Leblanc’s
St. Martins yard when they arrived back home.
** Aldo Dorio sends a photo of the BIRCH POLYPORE MUSHROOM. This is very
common on dying birch trees. It is not toxic, but the shoe-leather texture
would certainly not class it as an edible! However, it is very valuable in
recycling the relatively short-lived birch tree. Aldo’s specimen is a clean,
fresh one.
** As a follow up to Gabriel Gallant’s comments
of finding the HEDGEHOG MUSHROOM a few editions ago, and doing more
reading on them, they had some with their evening meal and Gabriel termed them
as absolutely delicious with a flavour similar to chanterelles. Gabriel
comments that by the time he decided to try them some were unusable as were
infested so it would appear that they have to be gathered fresh.
** New Brunswick farmer Mike Dickinson
will again deliver a load of New Brunswick grown BLACK OIL SUNFLOWER SEEDS to a fall meeting of Nature Moncton. It
is usually in October or November, depending on the harvest. This has been a
very popular delivery in the past and is in support of a New Brunswick grown
product with less of a carbon footprint and in no manner is a fundraiser for
Nature Moncton. Folks can order ahead as many bags as they wish. The price is
$17.00 for a 15 kg bag. This is the first price increase in the 15 years that
this project has been going on. Place your order by email to Susan Richards at susan_richards@rogers.com, or call Susan at 334-0100. This message will be
repeated occasionally. Make sure to have the correct change to hasten contact
in keeping with Covid precautions.
Nelson Poirier,
Nature Moncton