NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Feb 21,
2023
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**The
Nature Moncton February meeting will be taking place tonight, Tuesday,
February 21, at 7:00 PM. The full write-up appears below. The presentation will
be hybrid with folks meeting at the Rotary Lodge to socialize and watch the
speaker on screen.
** NATURE
MONCTON FEBRUARY MEETING
February
21st, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Mapleton
Park Rotary Lodge (speaker will be on
screen via Zoom)
“Birder
Brain: An overview of the Birder Brain project exploring birding and
mental/physical health, with an emphasis on mindful birding.”
Presenter:
Kelly-Sue O’Connor
Originally
from Riverview, NB, Kelly-Sue has been a birder for 16 years now. She has
been very involved in citizen science during that time, starting with several
Christmas Bird Counts a year, volunteering for nature organizations,
fundraising, and sitting on boards like the Toronto Ornithological Club,
Friends of Sam Smith Park, and Bird Friendly Cities, and leading bird walks for
Ontario Field Ornithologists.
Kelly-Sue
found birding as a way to practice self-care, grounding, meditation, and
mindfulness. Diagnosed with C-PTSD (Complex Post Traumatic Syndrome), ADHD
(attention deficit disorder), and other health issues experienced by many, she
was inspired to share her love of birding and its healing benefits with others.
This presentation will include an overview of the project, a short documentary
(one of the Birder Brain episodes), some of Kelly-Sue’s favourite mindful
birding experiences and tips on how to use birding to improve your own mental
and physical health.
You
can learn more about birder brain on the website: www.birderbraindoc.com. The social media links are available there.
Kelly-Sue looks forward to sharing her personal experiences and the story of
other birders with Nature Moncton members.
This
presentation will be given via Zoom, but there will be a meeting as usual at
the Rotary Pavilion.
Those
who wish can tune into the presentation at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86018412299?pwd=QUZPYjFmSkFYeWhlNERic3RNNk1Xdz09
All
are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
**Fred
Richards whose Taylor Village home is beside the Memramcook River comments the tides were very high on Monday. It is
a new Moon period with high tide near noon. Fred was going to take a
photo and send it but some fog came in with the tide so that idea was scrapped.
The tide was considerably higher than usual ( even for a new moon).
The tides and Tidal Bore should be even higher tomorrow and the day after as
well. A good time to check out tides and Tidal Bore for anyone interested.
Scheduled arrival time is 10:21 AM today, Tuesday, and 11:11 AM on Wednesday.
**Fred Dube's driveway trail camera seems to be getting something different and interesting every night. The most recent appears to be a Barred Owl checking out the menu!
**Louise
Nichols shares some photos yesterday using the new macro lens she has acquired
for her camera. Some photographs were not used yesterday as wanted to get/confirm
identification.
With the
help of Jim Edsall, one photo shows the chrysalis of a swallowtail butterfly,
suspecting it to be that of the Black Swallowtail. Butterfly chrysalids can be
very intricate as Louise’s photo shows. The second photo is the cocoon of the Bagworm
Moth, much more casually constructed.
Louise also
photographed some lichens, some of which went out yesterday. In consultation
with Kendra Driscoll, she left some comments, which am going to quote, which
give good clues to lichen identification in association with photographs.
Quoting
Kendra
“The first photo has some Parmelia sulcata (Shield lichen) in it with clearly visible soredia along the lobe margins, and some black rhizines (arrowed) peeking out around the edges. The most prominent lichen is another member of the same family called Hypogymnia krogiae (Freckled Tube). The lobes have an inflated appearance and are hollow inside. The underside (visible here and there) lacks rhizines in this genus. We have several species of Hypogymnia in New Brunswick but this is the only one without soredia and the only one to commonly produce fruiting bodies. The species is typically found on conifers.
The second photo does show Usnea. None of the other yellow-green bushy lichens grow quite the same way with the fine perpendicular side branches (often called ‘fibrils’ that are arrowed).
Very nice photos. Quite easy to see the critical details.”
Nelson
Poirier
Nature Moncton
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