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**John Inman
was not able to get any photos, but the rusty blackbirds went to 6, and the red-winged
blackbirds went to 2 in his Harvey-Albert bird feeder yard.
(Editor’s note: the rusty blackbird population in its
Canadian breeding range has dropped dramatically over the years, making it very
uncommon to find a group of 6 in one bird feeder yard in winter.)
**Shannon Inman photographed the tinder polypore mushroom
as well as the cracked cap polypore mushroom, with a hairdo of suspected
usnea lichen (old man’s beard).
(Editor’s note: The tinder polypore was extensively used in
the past as a tinder source to carry hot coals from one place to another to
start new fires before matches were commonplace.)
Shannon also photographed patches of suspected frullania species
of liverwort on a tree.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
