NATURE MONCTON NATURE
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Sept 10, 2022 (Saturday)
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**A last reminder of the Nature
Moncton shorebird field trip taking place this afternoon, Saturday, with write
up and directions repeated at the end of today’s message.
**Doreen
Rossiter reports she has seen a Northern Cardinal every month for the
last year, either a male or a female. During April and May, she had a pair. The
pair showed up again Aug 28. On Friday, 2 young-of-the-year cardinals suddenly
appeared in her yard. Doreen is assuming the pair nested somewhere in the Village
of Alma.
**Aldo Dorio photographed a fall version of a Yellow-rumped Warbler at Malpec Road on Friday.
**Jane LeBlanc in St. Martins recently commented that Monarch Butterfly
chrysalides she had put aside in a greenhouse to protect took 18 days to emerge
being notably longer than the 10-12 days of earlier in the season.
Nelson Poirier experienced the same scenario with 14 chrysalides that
were formed later in the season that also went 18-20 days before adult
butterflies emerged.
Am wondering if the cooler weather/shorter days made the pupal period longer?
**NATURE MONCTON OUTING
Shorebird ID “uncomplicated”
Date: Saturday
Sept. 10th
Time: 2:00 pm
Meeting Place: One Fish Bistro (5670, Rte 15 in Shemogue)
It’s
interesting to note that of the 38 species of shorebirds ever recorded in the
province you could (with a bit of luck … well maybe more than a bit) see all
but 5 any given year at many spots where water meets land in the province. But
that said there are some very special places where your chances are not only
better of seeing large numbers but also diversity of species. For numbers, the
Johnson’s Mills to Dorchester Cape site is well known and certainly offers a
very special spectacle to take in. But IDing an individual bird in a group of
several thousand is far from easy and diversity is not actually at its highest
at that location. If you want diversity,
there are better spots and one of the best in recent years has been the
Petit-Cap Dune, and more precisely, the lagoon it protects. At low tide the
exposed flats create an “all you can eat” banquet for shorebirds as well as
other sea birds.
Nature
Moncton is offering a guided outing to Petit-Cap with our own shorebird expert
Roger Leblanc. For shorebird viewing,
tides are of the essence, so the following date and time frame is very
important. The date will be September 10th and the meeting for the
outing will be at 2 pm in the parking lot of One Fish Bistro at 5676 Route 15
in Shemogue. This is just at the corner
of Route 950 which we will drive down, and in less than 5 minutes we will
arrive at the Petit-Cap Dune. The walk on the beach is an easy hike on to the
point where you can access the mud flats behind the dune. Birds can be expected
on the beach but should also mostly be feeding on the mud flats that will be
exposed by low tide at that time. Once there, you might want to walk in a bit
of water to get closer to the show so bring appropriate footwear, or just be
ready to go shoeless. Roger will help us find and ID the shorebirds (as well as
the many other feathered friends hanging around). He will also share with us
his knowledge of the great migration phenomenon that will hopefully be
unfolding right before our eyes. Hope to
see you there!
All
are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
*
Nature Moncton
