Nature Moncton Nature News: May 16 2022

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May 16, 2022 (Monday)

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**Tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 17 is Nature Moncton May meeting night. Andrew Darcy, who was with the DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) team in Moncton will take participants to a place many of us never get to experience, the underwater world to share how DFO works to monitor the underwater community.

This presentation will be delivered live at the Rotary Pavilion in Mapleton Park. It will also be covered virtually via Zoom at the link provided in the write-up below:

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**NATURE MONCTON MAY MEETING

May 17, 2022, at 7:00 PM

Location: Rotary Pavilion at Mapleton Park (live meeting)

"A Virtual Field Trip: Fisheries Science and Long-term Monitoring in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence and Maritimes Region of Atlantic Canada"

Presenter: Andrew Darcy

As the weather warms up and we think forward to enjoying outdoor activities, fisheries scientists at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans gear up for another busy field season.

Andrew Darcy is currently a technician with the Marine Fish and Mammal group which operates out of the Gulf Fisheries Center in Moncton, New Brunswick, and functions under the Ecosystem Science division of Fisheries & Oceans Canada.

His presentation will include an overview of the department's current research objectives with a focus on lab and field activities. A virtual field trip will take us through the day-to-day activities of being aboard a research vessel conducting trawl surveys in the Gulf region. We will learn about fishing methods and sampling techniques used on these surveys, as well as an introduction to the diversity and identification of a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate marine species that are commonly encountered on a daily basis while at sea. Please join us for what is sure to be a "fintastic" evening and explore a world that is seldom seen by most.

Please note that this will be an in-person meeting. Masks are recommended. The meeting will also be live-streamed and people can join at the following link:

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All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.

**Nelson Poirier was able to spend several quality moments with a Cow Moose and her yearling calf on Sunday. The animals did show denuded areas from rubbing/scratching areas of Winter Tick (Dermacentor albipictus). This species of tick is very specific to Moose only and it is very normal to see affected animals this time of year. The ticks will be falling off the animals at this time of year to complete their life cycle and the pelage will return to its luxurious normal seasonal rich brown. These ticks are huge (grape sized) by tick standards.

Both animals appeared in good body condition despite their winter nemesis.

**Nelson Poirier noted 2 of our common New Brunswick violets growing side-by-side on Sunday. Note the hairs on the stem of the Woolly Blue Violet to help differentiate it from the Marsh Blue Violet. The Small White Violet was happily growing aside the other violet to make a pleasant spring show with few other plants in bloom.

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