August 4, 2022 (Thursday)
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**Rheal Vienneau leaves some comments
about the use of Butterfly Weed by Monarch Butterflies as was happening in the
yard of John Inman as seen in the photos that appeared in yesterday’s edition. Rheal’s response
is quoted below:
“I have never had any Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberrosa) before. This is a specie of milkweed, so not surprising that Monarch Butterflies will use it as a host plant for its eggs/caterpillars. It is also a superb nectaring plant for monarchs i.e. size, color and fragrance of its flowers.
With our cold winters, it is not unusual to lose
this plant over the winter. But some in our area have not encountered any
problems.”
It would be very interesting to hear from anyone who has had Monarch Butterflies using this plant and success in growing it.
**Mac Wilmot forwards a link to the video that
features the attraction of hummingbirds to the late flowering bean plant, Scarlet
Runner bean. The video was taken by Shelby Arsenault at Curryville
House in Albert mines, Albert County. Tune into the action at the link below:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bbev5lv32ual5tx/Hummingbirds.%20Mac%20Wilmot.mp4?dl=0
Mac also forwards a photo that his grandson Lewis captured of an Artic Fox cleaning after a Polar Bear at Cumberland Sound approaching Pungnirtang Fiord, Nunavut from the bridge of the Henry Larsen.
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**The Nature Moncton Wednesday evening walk to a small portion of the huge Tintamarre Wildlife Area went off during a very appreciated pleasant summer evening to soak in this rich morsel of New Brunswick. Mother Nature’s diverse community was very present with lots to muse upon. Participants heard lots of bird activity, but it was well hidden in the rich foliage, so they shifted attention to the plant and insect life that was abundant.
A pleasant evening of comradeship and
appreciation of the very open habitat.
More photos will be coming tomorrow.
All thanks to Louise Nichols for
arranging this week’s episode. Next Wednesday’s visit will be to the Tankville School
Trail of the Irishtown Nature Park.
**The Johnson’s Mills Shorebird
Interpretive Centre is once more in full swing with shorebird migration.
Their website has a great table this year to show peak times each day. The relevant section of their website is copied below:
NCC’s Johnson’s Mills Interpretive
Centre is open for the season. Our hours of operation from July 31 to August 6 are as follows:
- July 31: 9
a.m.–5 p.m.
- August 1: 9
a.m.–5 p.m.
- August 2: 10
a.m.–6 p.m.
- August 3: 11
a.m.–7 p.m.
- August 4: 12
p.m.–8 p.m.
- August
5: 12 p.m.–8 p.m.
- August
6: 12 p.m.–8 p.m.
Please note the best time to see the
shorebirds is from two hours before to two hours after high tide. During this
four-hour period, the centre will be closed, but our interpreters will be happy
to answer any of your questions on the observation deck. The best times to see
the shorebirds are as follows:
- July 31: 12:41
p.m.–4:41 p.m. (High tide
at 2:41 p.m.)
- August 1: 1:20
p.m.–5:20 p.m. (High tide
at 3:20 p.m.)
- August
2: 2:02 p.m.–6:02 p.m. (High
tide at 4:02 p.m.)
- August
3: 2:48 p.m.–6:48 p.m. (Hight
tide at 4:48 p.m.)
- August
4: 3:38 p.m.–7:38 p.m. (High
tide at 5:38 p.m.)
- August
5: 4:32 p.m.–8:32 p.m. (High
tide at 6:32 p.m.)
- August
6: 5:03 a.m.–9:03 a.m. / 5:32
p.m.–9:32 p.m. (High tide at
7:03 a.m. and 7:32 p.m.)
For more information, please contact
the centre at 506-379-6347. We will be updating our visiting hours
regularly.
The editor spoke with Zoe, the
manager of the site on Wednesday. She reported numbers at the moment are in the
20,000 to 25,000 range and increasing in number daily.
She also mentioned Peregrine
Falcon/Merlin activity was affecting shorebird presence at high tide times on
some days.
Nelson Poirier
Nature
Moncton
