NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
November 27, 2024
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As August comes to an end, COME JOIN
US for Nature Moncton’s final Wednesday Evening Walk at Fred and Sue Richards’
property. The address is 31 Rockland
No. 1 Road, Taylor Village (instructions to follow) to start a walk at 6:00 pm rain
or shine. There will be some social time and then a walk down to the
Memramcook River, that will be displaying a rising tide. The walk will be on mowed trails and the
walking fairly easy. We recommend long pants and mosquito repellent. We hope to see you there! All welcome.
If you need directions or have questions, call Sue at 506-988-2247.
Moncton
NB
From Main St/NB-106 E
Continue to follow NB-106 E
1.8 km
Slight right onto Acadie Ave/NB-106
E
Continue to follow NB-106 E
18.2 km
Turn right onto Central St
3.1 km
Just past the Irving
Stay left on Central St
4.6 km
Turn left onto Rockland No1 Rd
Destination will be on the left
950 m
1 Rockland No1 Rd
Taylor Village, NB E4K 2R1
call Sue at 506-988-2247.
**A few editions ago, Andy Stultz, an
officer aboard the icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent shared some photos of Polar
Bears he had seen. A further explanation is indicated.
These photos were captured by the ship’s drone
in Franklin Strait and they are showing some very fit-looking bears, not the ones
we sometimes see on media. Hopefully, Andy will continue to send us photos of
what he is able to see in that part of the world that most of us will never get
to see.
Andy sends a photo of the ship taken
with the drone in Franklin Strait. A postcard photo to say the least!
**Phil Riebel had an awesome day on Saturday. Phil
and a friend went up to the upper
stretches of the Renous River, New Brunswick, to find and photograph/film Atlantic
Salmon.
They found a nice pool with salmon and the sun shining in (it was a beautiful
day). Phil snorkeled to get closer to them and was very fortunate to find a
large hen salmon resting, which allowed him to photograph and film.
(Editor’s note: this large female
salmon estimated at 15 lbs is carrying a huge cargo of eggs that will be buried
in gravel nests [redds] later in the season.)
**It’s that time of year when adult spiders
can tend to be at their largest size, especially females, as they prepare to
lay egg masses in protected areas that will overwinter.
Norbert Dupuis had a cooperative Cross
Spider (Araneus diadematus) checking her web at his Memramcook home
on Tuesday morning. This species is an orbweaver that constructs the effective circular
interconnected webs.
**On Monday afternoon Brian Stone
looked out his kitchen window and noticed his resident Groundhog up on
its hind feet nibbling on some low-hanging Mountain Ash tree leaves -- not the
usual fare he has seen it foraging on.
(Editor’s note: note the long claws
in Brian’s photos that make this animal such a capable digger to create its
extensive underground complex.)
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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