August 29, 2022 (Monday)
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**First on
the order sheet for this edition is a birthday announcement.
Nature
Moncton Nature News, which started off as the Nature Moncton Information Line,
is this month noting its 35th year of age and charging forth into
its 36th year. This effort has been the result of many hours by a
host of many volunteers to make it happen.
A tip of the cup to a healthy future!
**We have all heard of/had the experience of some
form of wildlife getting into a chimney and falling down into a stove or
fireplace below. It usually is European Starling, Common Merganser, or Raccoon
and often ends up in a problematic scenario.
Larry and Anne Sherrard recently had this
experience with a rather surprise visitor when a bewildered Flying Squirrel
appeared through the glass window of their woodstove. Their cat Louis was first
to raise the alarm. It took some creative planning to execute a safe release.
Larry ran a long extension cord from the cleanout pipe to the interior of the
stove. They put a trail camera on the scene and after a few hours were able to
see the Flying Squirrel suddenly climbed the extension cord and safely back
outdoors. Take a look at the link below of the video they took before the
ingenious escape route was put in place.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kg08gx0yxrh336o/IMG_1742.mov?dl=0
**Jennifer McCabe captured a
photo of a cooperative Great Egret in a marsh near Jemseg on Sunday
morning. Jennifer points out that there is a duo of Great Egrets present there
at the moment.
**Yet another Great Egret put
in an appearance. Shannon Inman got a distant documentary photo of a Great
Egret at Waterside on Sunday morning.
**Aldo Dorio photographed a young-of-the-year Semipalmated Plover missing the orange base of the
bill that will be present in the adult. Aldo also photographed Least
Sandpipers from different angles.
**Brian Stone sends a small sample of the photos he took during his 6 days of camping at Kejimkujik National Park in N.S. The Barred Owl, shown previously in an earlier edition, flew from a tree close over his head to a perch behind a branch close in front of him and then again to a tree branch a bit more distant.
A White-tailed Deer and Fawn were foraging alongside the park roadway as is so often seen.
Along some trails wildlife examples seen were a couple Northeastern Pine Sawyer Beetles, many Common Ringlet Butterflies, several Violet Dancer Damselflies, an Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly, a Painted Turtle on a rock in the Mersey River (not certain what the globular structure may be on the shell but it does appear to be attached), and a few examples of the Beechdrops plant (Editor’s note: this is an obligate parasitic plant which grows and subsists on the roots of American Beach).
A helicopter flying back and forth
overhead carrying a load at first worried Brian that it might be dropping water
on a fire but turned out to be just delivering wood to the outlying wilderness
camping sites.
**Nelson Poirier was with Brian
Stone for part of his stay at Kejimkujik National Park. Nelson’s
camera kept a low profile when Brian’s was near but did slip in a few photos. It was
amusing to watch a shrew very rapidly darting about the campsite at dusk.
Brian’s photo skills did not include getting a photo of this little creature in
dusky conditions. Nelson tried to demonstrate to Brian how it was done but he
just didn’t get it!!
Nelson was also able to photograph a Solitary Sandpiper when Brian
was looking the other way.
Nelson also took note of Groundnut in prime beautiful bloom. This
is a climbing vine that winds through other standalone plants. The blooms in
the Maritimes are not capable of producing viable seeds. Reproduction occurs
from underground tubers that grow in strings.
Nelson Poirier
Nature
Moncton
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