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**The regular monthly meeting of Nature Moncton will take place tonight, Tuesday night, when Brian Donovan will take us on a visit to some mammals we don’t often see, including lynx, fisher, marten, and river otter, among others. All details at the end of this message and upfront on Tuesday morning.
**NATURE
MONCTON MEETING PRESENTATION
Date: November 18, 2025, at 7:00 PM
Place: Mapleton Rotary Lodge
Presenter: Brian Donovan
Trail
Camera Wildlife
The
opportunity to observe wild animals going about their daily business, just as
they would without human presence, is a beautiful privilege that well-placed
trail cameras can offer.
Brian
Donovan has perfected the technique with 20 trail cameras set, which he checks
every 3 weeks, both winter and summer, at a remote section bordering the Renous
Highway in the most densely forested area of New Brunswick.
Expect to
see animals such as lynx, moose, bears, fishers, martens, and more in action
day and night.
Brian’s 5
years spent pursuing a forestry degree at UNB undoubtedly spurred these routine
visits to the deep woods. He has been working intensively on this project as a
hobby for 6 years. He has learned a
great deal of unique information about the biology of his patrons, and he has
developed a skillful delivery to share it.
Expect 30
minutes of condensed information and 15 minutes of the most amazing video to be
recorded in New Brunswick.
This presentation
will take place at the Mapleton Rotary Lodge (weather permitting) and will be available
virtually as well at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81345713415?pwd=cNjfKVR5WMasWHqaSykiyoVyaygVhF.1
All are
welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
**When Brian Stone and Nelson Poirier recently visited the Reid McManus reserve in Memramcook, a few items were noted that caught their attention.
A nest was noted in a duck nest box that was not made by a duck. The nest was the size of an American robin's nest, but no mud component to suggest it was another species. They wondered about the possibility of a ground-nesting bird, such as a thrush, as the duck box had fallen over and was on the ground. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
There were also two privet shrubs at the entrance of the preserve loaded with their dark berries. Privet is a cultivar that was introduced from Europe as a hedgerow plant that was used in gardens. It is not often seen today and has fallen out of favour for that use, but occasionally is seen as an escapee. Its berries cling during the winter and are eaten by birds, but are reported as toxic to humans, which is assumed to have caused it to lose favour as a hedgerow plant.
They also noticed a type of lichen covering some of the older placed swallow nest boxes, which will get more specialist identification and be reported on later.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
