NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
February 22, 2024
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**The popular annual birdfeeder tour event outing will take place
this coming Saturday, February 24. Details at the end of this edition and
upfront on Friday.
** The Nature Moncton
meeting on Tuesday, February 20th had a large attendance, both in-house and on
Zoom. Curt Nason gave a wonderful presentation on eclipses, and he especially
spoke on the total solar eclipse coming on April 8, 2024. Nature Moncton
had eclipse glasses for sale that night.
After a snack break and a very quick special general
meeting, the group was treated to an excellent slide show from Rhonda and Paul
Langelaan of their trip to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. All this plus a
Great Horned owl sighting in the parking lot of the Mapleton Lodge! (Thanks to the sharp eye of Lynn
Dube.)
The video/audio available for anyone to watch is at
the link below, including Paul and Rhonda’s presentation with excellent audio
quality:
**Frank
Branch in Paquetville had a surprise patron come to check out the menu in his
birdfeeder yard on Wednesday when a Red Fox paid a visit!
**Brian
Stone searched Mapleton Park for photo subjects on Wednesday but had to be
satisfied with a fly pass of an American Crow, a female Hairy
Woodpecker on the side of a tree, and a very distant female Pileated
Woodpecker in the same position. Several Black-capped Chickadees offered
themselves for photos as well as many Mallard Ducks.
**Grant Ramsey and Magda Kuhn share
some photos of birds they are seeing from their time in Florida that are potential New Brunswickers as well.
The Common Loon left its tuxedo up north and
presented as a rather drab grey diver.
Two fledgling Great Horned Owls were being
catered to by a pair of magnificent adults.
**Nature Moncton Birdfeeder Tour
Saturday, February
24
8:45 AM until it’s
over.
The very popular
annual birdfeeder tour will take place this coming Saturday, February 24.
Participants are
asked to gather at the northeast corner of the Coliseum parking lot at 8:30 AM
for departure at 8:45 a.m. via carpooling if possible for the home of Jean Renton
where homemade baked beans, bacon, and sausage will be waiting, and no doubt
lots more goodies as participants are asked to bring along a small contribution
as able for the menu. Jean’s yard is always a hotspot for birds partaking of
their seed menu.
After food,
socialization, and birds, participants will move on to several other feeder
yards in the Riverview area to Weldon as whistle stops.
The last stop of
the day will be at Nelson Poirier’s where more food, socialization, and
hopefully birds will be waiting.
Jean Renton’s
physical address is 460 Gorge Rd. going past the Moncton Crushed Stone facility and
rounding the corner at the Stilesville Church.
A sheet will be
given out at Jean’s with the physical addresses of the sites to be visited over
the day and telephone contact can be made at 506-866-2752 any time during the
day for late joiners or to find out where the group may be at any time.
All birds are
welcome!
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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