NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Dec 6,
2022
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**Frank
Branch in Paquetville does his Feeder FeederWatch bird count every Monday and
Tuesday. Frank was pleased to add a male Red-bellied Woodpecker to that count
on Monday. (Editor’s note: the editor is starting to get the impression that
everyone in New Brunswick is being graced with the Red-bellied Woodpecker
except him!).
**Daryl
Doucette has had a rewarding start to the first few days of the setup of his
Moncton feeder yard with a Northern Cardinal the first day he got it up and Evening Grosbeaks the second day.
A great
start for the birdfeeder season!
**Great
news for New Brunswick naturalists to get to know and enjoy!
Andrea
Flemming has advised a great new website is being developed as an
identification guide to the flora of New Brunswick expected to be up and
running in a few months in time for the upcoming flush of spring plants. The
website will be built from contributed photos and they are asking folks with photos
of plants of New Brunswick to contribute to the building of the site. Many of
us have photos of New Brunswick plants stored on our devices. Now they will be shared with everyone in a spot where they should be, not
lying dormant in our photo files. Take a moment to look through your files and
share what may be helpful to build a site.
Information
from Andrea about this project is attached below:
The Fredericton Botanic Garden, with Jim Goltz and
funding from the New Brunswick Environmental Trust Fund, is developing an
online photo identification guide to the native and endemic plants of New
Brunswick. The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre and the University of
New Brunswick have shared many photos, data, and Hal Hinds' work. We welcome
photo contributions from individual plant enthusiasts throughout the province
as well. Please contact Andrea Flemming, at andflemming@gmail.com, to share images or for more information.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
