NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Sept 28, 2024
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**John
Inman has had a White-breasted Nuthatch visiting his yard recently.
John
watched a pugnacious Blue Jay picking corn off the ground with a Sharp-shinned
Hawk attacking it. The jay would fly up a few feet and successfully drive the
raptor off!
**Aldo
Dorio is continuing to see Eastern Bluebirds around his Neguac home.
Eastern
Bluebirds tend to flock up at this time of year and are occasionally seen
seeming to check out real estate possibilities. They often tend to stay with us
until late in the season and their migrations can be quite short. A small
portion may actually overwinter in the area occasionally and be seen at
birdfeeders.
**There
is a lot more interest in natural landscaping in recent years to benefit
wildlife. Georges Brun shares a link, and I am sure many naturalist-minded folks will
be interested in reviewing what Dieppe has done. A very interesting and
worthwhile read!
https://www.dieppe.ca/en/vivre-ici/gazon.aspx
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**As a heads up, activities chairperson Cynthia
Doucet advises of a field trip next weekend, October 6, to appreciate the fall
colours with details below to be repeated next week:
Location: Prosser Ridge Lookout
Please join us for a walk to see the beautiful fall
colours!
Sunday, October 6th.
Meeting time: 11 AM.
Attached is a map showing the route to the trailhead
where we will have a pleasant walk of about one kilometer to a UNESCO Fundy
Biosphere Reserve Amazing Place, the Prosser Ridge Lookout.
The map shows the route starting from the
intersection of Salisbury Road and Turtle Creek Road (#910). It will be
about a twenty-minute drive to our meeting spot, the intersection of Route
910 and Prosser Brook Road. From there it is a short (5-minute) drive
to the trailhead and parking.
The map also shows a potential drive continuing
through some lovely countryside that should be in full fall display and will be
an additional 30 minutes or so of driving.
For those looking for more ambitious hikes, there are
a couple of options nearby. Those include hikes to the Hayward Pinnacle
from the same starting point (approx. 11 km), or the same destination from a
different starting point off of Hayward Road. The first option would need
two vehicles, and the second option is a challenging climb up, with a return
back down on the same route.
We won’t be doing either but can give more info to
anyone interested.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
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