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MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 6, 2025
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**Jane
LeBlanc found a hermit thrush pausing just long enough to get
photographed on her St. Martins property on Saturday.
Yesterday,
while leading a group of friends through her property, Jane saw a winter wren,
but it flew off and couldn't be relocated (she hears it all
the time, but this was her first sighting of it).
**The northern
catalpa is a non-native tree that produces spectacular blooms at this time
of year.
Nelson
Poirier has one growing in the centre of his lawn at his Miramichi camp and it is now
in full bloom.
This tree
has a bit of a Nature Moncton story behind it. A member brought a pod of a tree
she had noticed in Moncton and was wondering about the identity (approximately
30 years ago). Nelson placed a few seeds from the pod into a pot of soil, which
produced small seedlings that were then taken outside. During a house move, one
sapling was also moved to the Miramichi camp yard. It is now over 15 feet tall
and blooming beautifully. And yes, its name is Janet, after the one who provided that small
seed!
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
