NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 28, 2024
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**A
heads-up on setting aside slot for this coming Nature Moncton Wednesday night
walk with site and directions below.
JULY 31th WEDNESDAY EVENING WALK
Location:
Ducks Unlimited Compound (Upper Coverdale)
Start
time: 6:30
Host:
Gordon Rattray
Starting
Location: The compounds are found in
Upper Coverdale at the end of Tucker Street.
Tucker Street is located at approximately 1569 Coverdale Road - Route
112; this is 9.3 km on Coverdale Road starting from the intersection of
Buckingham Street and Coverdale Road. There is a large Shoppers Drug Mart at
this corner. Coming from Salisbury it is
11.1 Km on Rte. 112 from the intersection with Rte. 106. Go to the very end of Tucker where is
ample space to park.
This
walk must be classified as difficult because of the extremely steep and long
hill that is the access road. The trails
around the compounds are flat and mowed.
We can expect to see some returning shorebirds with the usual contingent
of ducks.
Bug
spray and protective clothing are recommended. Don’t forget to wear your name
tag too!
All
are welcome, Nature Moncton members or not.
**Brian
Stone came across a very interesting news article on that narrow 24 km strip of
land that joins Nova Scotia to New Brunswick, the Isthmus of Chignecto, that
we’ve been hearing a lot more about with climate change. Review
the article at the attached link below:
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7271500
**As
the day winds down, some wildlife become very
expressive with the onset of night, each seemingly more so depending on where we are in the season. At the moment, Nelson Poirier notes at his camp, the Hermit Thrush and Veery start the evening
chorus with a Grey Catbird in the background as the moths
start to more silently spring into
action.
On
Friday night, it was a doe White-tailed Deer with her two fawns that was the
evening’s highlight out on a small island in the river.
This
happened to be from the same lookout from which many of us watched the solar
eclipse.
Nature
Moncton
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