Nature Moncton Nature News: May 19 2024

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

May 19, 2024

Nature Moncton members as well as any naturalist in New Brunswick or beyond are invited to share their photos and descriptions of recent nature sightings to build a fresh (almost) daily edition of Nature News

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The live feed to the Peregrine Falcon nest box camera can be accessed at https://www.zoodemagnetichillzoo.ca/nest-cam

***There are several events taking place over the next week including a display on bees taking place today (Sunday), the May meeting of Nature Moncton on Tuesday night, and the Warbler Walk next Saturday.

The write-up on the first event on bees this afternoon is below:

**Cathy Simon and Sophie Auffrey (employee of Resurgo Place and new Nature Moncton member) would like to share that Resurgo Place is holding a bee-related event on Sunday, May 19 from 12-5 pm. "Immerse yourself in the world of bees, apiculture, conservation, indigenous species, and the health of our environment”.

This coming Tuesday night, May 21st, will be Nature Moncton meeting night with the speaker live at Mapleton Lodge and available virtually. The second half of the meeting will be devoted to our Peregrine Falcon family. Write up below:

MAY MONTHLY MEETING PRESENTATION

Topic: Fundy Biosphere’s “Forests of the Future”

Tuesday, May 21^st, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge

Presenter: Nigel McLaughlin

This presentation, about the Fundy Biosphere’s “Forests of the Future” program, will show how the program aims to increase the overall climate resilience of the Wabanaki (Acadian) forest by planting climate-resilient, native tree species and connecting with landowners and the public to spread awareness about climate resilient forestry practices. Nigel McLaughlin, who is a registered professional forester for the Fundy Biosphere Region and manager of the project, will go over the guiding principles of the program as well as explain what native species will be best suited to our future climate conditions. He will also showcase what the Fundy Biosphere is currently working on in our forests, including their current tree planting efforts and forest carbon inventories, and end with what the future of the program will look like.

After the break, we will check in with Moncton's most famous family. Many people, both within the club and beyond, have been glued to their computer screens in recent weeks, watching the Peregrine Falcons on camera as they settled in their nest, laid their eggs, patiently incubated the eggs and now finally are caring for the chicks. Fred Richards and Cathy Simon will present an update on some of the highlights of recent weeks and let us know what we can expect to see as the chicks continue to grow.

This will be an in-person presentation at the Rotary Lodge with a Zoom link for those who want to join in from home.

All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85991525901?pwd=d3R2Ly9kSnMzSGFqYWFkeTBNRUZiUT09

**The third event of the week will be next Saturday, May 25, with early scouting of the area suggesting the timing could be right on. The write-up is below:

Nature Moncton invites you to a warbler walk on May 25, 2024 starting from 9:00 a.m. until around 1:00 p.m.. We will begin from the parking lot of the Haut-du-Ruisseau Nature Park in Memramcook. Last year we had a Wednesday Walk here and it was quite enjoyable with lots of small birds. The trails are well maintained with a few hills. The environment is varied with woodland, open fields and a beautiful creek with a wide floodplain. All in all, it is a very good habitat for birding. Rain or shine, all are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not. The park is located at the corner of Breau Creek Road and Palmer Road. The map below shows the route to the park from Home Hardware in Memramcook.

For those of you who enjoy taking photos, save your best photos of warblers or any other nature shots you take throughout the morning. Put a selection of your photos on a USB drive and bring it to the Nature Moncton June BBQ. After we feast on hamburgers and socialize, we will invite anyone with photos from the warbler outing to share them with the group. It's a great way to remember the highlights of the outing and to learn from each other's observations.

**Nature Miramichi had a very successful warbler walk at French Fort Cove and were able to tally 33 bird species, one of which was a Tennessee Warbler that Peter Gadd was able to photograph. We don’t very often get to see this bland plumaged warbler to share. The Tennessee Warbler is a Spruce Budworm specialist and as there is a Spruce Budworm outbreak in nearby Québec, we may see some spillover of this species into New Brunswick.

**Pat Gibbs was pleased to have a male Northern Cardinal visit her Moncton yard on Saturday. It is very pleasant to hear the numerous reports of this species in southeastern New Brunswick. It would appear that this desirable species has finally made the move to expand its New Brunswick range that had been the Sussex, Hampton, Quispamsis area for several years.

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