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Dec 15, 2021 (Wednesday)
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**This morning starts off with a very
big thank you to Diana Hamilton and Julie Paquet for sharing their Tuesday
night to give a presentation to Nature Moncton and friends on the eye-opening
work they are doing studying in the field getting to know the amazing seasonal migration
of shorebirds we enjoy in our midst each mid summer and fall. Diana and Julie
had a lot of new information to share with us and hold participants at the edge
of their seat to learn all about it. There were several queries if the session
would be recorded from for folks who could not make it last night. President
Fred Richards did indeed do that, and the link will be a be available and
published over the next few days for those folks and suspect many who would
like to listen to it again. It was indeed a don’t miss presentation!
Thank you again Diana and Julie for a
very pleasant evening of sharing.
**The beautiful hawkmoths we saw predominantly in June and July moved
into their caterpillar (larval) stage and fed voraciously until fall when they entered
their pupal stage (cocoon) to overwinter. The Cecropia and Polyphemus Moth
cocoons appear as bag -like structures often fist size hanging from branches of
trees. The family of Jessica Bowie in Alnick (north of Miramichi) were lucky
enough to find such a cocoon and photograph it. They collected it and placed it
in an outdoor shed for the winter. If this cocoon has not been parasitized, a
very beautiful moth will emerge in the warmth of June and early July to start
the cycle all over again.
There are
lots of the cocoons around however, they easily go undetected. The photo is
shared in today’s photo lineup.
**Tuesday
may have been a mixed bag of sun and cloud; however, Krista Doyle photographed
a beautiful sunrise from Lewis Mountain that she shares today.
Nelson
Poirier
Nature
Moncton
