NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
March 13,
2022 (Monday)
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**Lynn and
Fred Dube share some photos of their very busy feeders on Sunday in stark
contrast to a very slow Saturday. Also present but not photographed was an
American Robin eating cultivated Holly berries. (Editors note: the literature reports these berries are toxic to people and pets but savoured by bird berry connoisseurs as the Dubes have noted)
(Editor’s
note: take note of the roofed-in suet feeder. This is a homemade feeder styled
after one Grant Ramsey shared in an earlier edition. It seems to work very
nicely and I have commissioned two to my own yard. Thank you for the idea Grant!)
**The monthly meeting of
Nature Moncton will take place this coming Tuesday evening (tomorrow) virtually at 7:00 PM
when Ryan Danby will visit to share some of the fascinating experiences that 25
years of research in our Canadian north has allowed him to witness. The write-up
and link to join in is attached below.
NATURE MONCTON MARCH MEETING
Tuesday March 15th, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Virtual Meeting
“Monitoring Caribou Habitat in Canada’s Changing North”
Presenter: Ryan Danby
Many of Canada’s large northern caribou herds have
declined over the last two decades. While the herds are known to fluctuate
naturally, the magnitude of their recent declines is well outside of historical
observations. Climate-related changes in habitat condition may be partly
responsible, and this presentation will explore the use of modern satellite
mapping technologies for examining this.
Presenter: Dr. Ryan Danby is an associate
professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Queen’s University in
Kingston, Ontario. He has been conducting research in Northern Canada and
Alaska for the last 25 years with the aim of better understanding the causes
and consequences of ecosystem change and their implications for
conservation.
Given that Caribou once roamed in areas north of
New Brunswick, this presentation is of interest to us all.
For those who want to attend the meeting, you can
do so by clicking the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87311687739?pwd=K1R1MTZycVFFMWxiVVBaQTB4WmYwUT09
All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
