Nature Moncton Nature News: June 17 2024

NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS

June 17, 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

To respond by e-mail, please address your message to the information line editor, nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com .

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

**The June Nature Moncton meeting is happening tomorrow night Tuesday night, June 18. All details are at the end of this message and will be upfront tomorrow.

**Nelson Poirier revisited the Peregrine Falcon nest box atop Assumption Place on Sunday morning and got photographs from the parking lot. The photographs are obviously not Brian Stone quality but some interesting things show that we cannot see from the nest camera.
One can see the three areas the fledglings can perch on without leaving the immediate nest area. The first perch is actually the edge of the box with the second perch out beyond that covered (mostly) with green rope. The third perch is the long branch that is attached to the box.
Before the photos were taken, the live view showed all four nestlings in the box; however, a bird appears in the photos on the right side of the box. This is suspected to be a fledgling that decided to head out on the roof.

**Brian Stone photographed a Two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) while walking the Crandall University trail recently,

** NATURE MONCTON JUNE MEETING

Tuesday June 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Mapleton Park Rotary Lodge

END-OF-THE-YEAR BARBEQUE!

Our June meeting will continue the tradition started last year of a fun social event with good food to celebrate the success of another fantastic fall/winter series of meeting presentations, outings and workshops! Members and non-members are invited to the Rotary Pavilion at Mapleton Park, where we will serve some delicious beef and veggie hamburgers and enjoy a picnic outdoors. All food will be provided as a thank you from the executive for all your help and participation, which has made our club so successful throughout the past year.

After we feast on hamburgers, we’ll go inside and watch a presentation of photos taken by participants of the Haut-du-Ruisseau Nature Park warbler excursion held on May 25^th and guided by Gordon Rattray. If you were present on that outing, choose your best 10 photos and bring them on a USB stick. Photos of birds, plants, and insects, as well as photos of participants, are all welcome as a way to share great memories of the day.

To help us get an idea of how much food will be needed, please let Louise Nichols know if you plan to attend the barbeque at nicholsl@eastlink.ca.

Hope to see you there. All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.

Nelsonpoirier435@gmail.com

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