NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
March 7,
2022 (Monday)
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**Mac
Wilmot’s grandson
Lewis Stultz took a video of an Arctic Fox (in white winter pelage) from the
bridge of the Icebreaker CCGS Larsen on his last trip out, 40 miles southeast
of St. Anthony, NL. Lewis comments that the fox is a long way from home. Lewis also comments that he thinks that the fox is okay
way out on the ice because he frequently sees them on the ice on the Beaufort Sea. Take a look at the video clip Lewis captured below:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/mzhym5mw2eL3nYJc7
**The Simon
family spent the day in Hyla Park and Odell Park in Fredericton on Saturday. A Pine
Siskin and Downy Woodpecker were well-camouflaged in the treetops.
They also found the remnants of a Bald-faced Hornet’s nest. They took
note of several birches covered in Birch Polypore mushrooms on their
mission of recycling the dead trees.
Cathie also got a nice photograph of Boreal Oakmoss (Evernia mesomorpha),
a lichen many of us would confuse with other lichen species. The identification
was kindly verified by Stephen Clayden.
The
Canadian Wildlife Federation is collaborating with the Wildlife Conservation
Society, and Trent University and PhD candidate, Karen Vanderwolf (who gave a
presentation to Nature Moncton in the past) to take an in-depth look at bat box
use and the internal microclimate to investigate the effect these structures
have on bat physiology, survival, and reproduction. The Nature Trust of NB is
also participating by installing 20 bat houses on 10 of their nature preserves
throughout the province. The project is sponsored by the Canadian Service Corps
and the Rising Youth Service Grant.
The Simon
family participated in a webinar in February and travelled to Fredericton on
March 5th to build 5 of the 20 bat boxes. Later this spring, they
will meet up with Nature Trust staff to assist with the installation of 2 of
these boxes at the Mapleton Acadian Forest Nature preserve near Elgin and will
monitor these boxes and submit data a few times per year.
**Leigh Eaton all came across a YouTube video labelled
“Gulf Crossing-story of Spring” which is very highly recommended. I checked it
out on Sunday morning and found it very interesting and informative; it also gives great information on the migration we are soon to experience. It is 50 minutes in length.
**Nelson Poirier’s yard American Robin has been enjoying its
daily feed of blueberries but it is not at all impressed with the cut apples beside
them. It guards the cache ferociously but did need some help against the greedy
starlings, which it got.
It was a bit surprised on Sunday to
find the blueberries buried in snow but was not long in finding the buried booty.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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