NATURE
MONCTON NATURE NEWS
July 8, 2025
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**The Nature Moncton Wednesday night
walk is on for tomorrow night, Wednesday, July 9, with all
details below:
WEDNESDAY
NIGHT WALK
Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 6:30 pm
Location:
Walker Rd., Sackville
Meeting
Place: On Walker Rd., close to the Trans
Canada exit.
Leader:
Louise Nichols
The Tantramar
Outdoor Club in Sackville maintains a series of trails that run off Walker Rd,
primarily used for ski trails in the winter.
Some of these trails also offer wonderful hiking opportunities in other
seasons of the year, featuring woodland habitats with diverse plant life and a
variety of birds.
For this walk,
we will meet in the parking lot at the trailhead on Walker Rd. If you are driving toward Sackville from
Moncton, take the Walker Rd exit. At the
end of the ramp, turn right. Drive a short
distance until the road changes to a gravel road, and you will see the parking
lot on the right.
This trail is
easy walking with a few tree roots and a couple of very small wet spots that
are easy to get around. The trails can
be “buggy,” so bring bug spray.
If you have a
Nature Moncton name tag, please wear it.
All are welcome, Nature Moncton members or not.
**Paula Graham recently photographed a black
bear and a bobcat on her trail camera. Paula took these images on
the outskirts of Cocagne.
**The shorebirds have started their
migration with the advance guard, the females often arriving first.
Aldo Dorio photographed a lone greater
yellowlegs at Hay Island on Monday.
**Lynn Dube
photographed a hickory tussock moth on Monday. One of Lynn’s photos
shows the transparent underwing of this species and the obvious grey spots on
the hind wing (arrowed), which differentiate it from the similar, more common spotted tussock
moth.
The setae (hairs) of the colourful
caterpillar of the hickory tussock moth can cause a skin rash if handled.
Lynn also photographed a long-jawed
orb-weaver spider, which is notably large when its long legs and snout are
included in the measurement.
**Nelson
Poirier attended the NB Museum bioblitz
open house showcasing an incredible display of flora and fauna items that had
been observed during the two-week bioblitz
of the Black River Protected Natural Area. This is an annual event not to be
missed.
A few items
photographed were a green grass snake in an aquarium and a mink frog. We are
seldom able to get such nice observations of a mink frog to differentiate it
from the more common green frog.
Note that the markings on the hind legs of the mink frog are dark blotches, unlike the stripes of the green frog, and overall, the markings are much darker. The musky odour is characteristic as
well.
Nelson Poirier.
Nature Moncton
