NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
October 1,
2023
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Last Wednesday evening, Brian Coyle had a flock of 12 Pine Siskins
arrive to forage on spruce cones beside his home. He doesn't recall seeing them
at this time of year.
(Editor’s
note: Pine siskins, redpolls, and crossbills are female cone/catkin
connoisseurs. This is the reason they often tend to choose nyjer seed at our
feeding stations.)
**Cathy
Simon was pleased to see a CANADA JAY in almost the exact location of
the Irishtown Nature Park as she first spotted this species last fall. Although
the photo quality isn't the best, it was a real treat for the bird to fly just
above her head and land on a branch for a few seconds.
On the trail, Cathy also crossed paths with a GARTER
SNAKE and a VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH larval caterpillar that allowed
pleasant photographs of each.
**Pat
MacLauchlan had to do a double-take when he checked his trail camera a couple
of weeks ago.
The
leg of the Lynx looked a bit like a tail. The next picture is unmistakably
a Lynx. It is easy to see how people get confused by what they see, suspecting
they may have captured a photo of the elusive possibility of a cougar.
(Editor’s
note: carefully note that leg that looks like a tail in the first photo where
the bobtail with complete black tip is obvious in the second photo unique to
the Lynx.)
The
dates on the pictures are incorrect.
**Bob
Blake maintains daily weather statistics and monthly precipitation from his Second
North River home and compares those statistics for September 2022 with September 2023.
It
suggests we enjoyed warmer daily high temperatures in 2023, and it appears to
be continuing into October as per recent weather forecasts.
Bob’s
table of figures is attached below as he reported them.
|
2022 |
2023 |
||
|
morning
temperatures |
daily highs and
rainfall |
morning
temperatures |
daily highs and
rainfall |
|
+20-1day +17-2 +16-1 +15-3 +14-4 +13-3 +11-4 +10-3 +9-4 +8-2 +6-1 +4-2 |
+26-3 +25-1 +24-5 +23-1 +22-3 +21-6 +20-1 119 mms. rain |
+21-1 +20-1 +19-2 +18-2 +17-1 +16-3 +15-3 +13-1 +12-2 +11-1 +10-2 +8-3 +6-2 +5-3 |
+29-1 +27-1 +26-2 +25-1 +24-4 +23-1 +22-3 +21-4 +20-3 99 mms. rain Away 3 days. |
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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