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**Rheal Vienneau reports
some very encouraging statistics that have been released by Monarch Watch.
Monarch overwintering
numbers have been released for the eastern monarch population, and this
season's count is higher than last year's. The WWF-Telmex Telcel Foundation
Alliance, in collaboration with the National Commission of Natural Protected
Areas (CONANP), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and the
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, announced today, March 17, the total
forest area occupied by overwintering monarch colonies. Nine colonies
were located this winter season with a total area of 2.93 hectares, a 64%
increase from the season prior (1.79 hectares).
**John Inman sends photos
of Stumpy the 3-legged raccoon in her first year of 2016, back again for
her 11th year in 2026.
John’s menu has served her
well!
**Jane LeBlanc was on the
beach in St. Martins on Wednesday morning and saw a lone Canada goose fly over.
She was so surprised, she didn't get a photo!! Later in her yard, she saw three red-winged blackbirds, but they didn't stay for a photo op. Also, several
people in St. Martins have told Jane they have heard American woodcocks
within the last week.
**There is some suggestion
that the owl discussion on Tuesday night may have been timely.
Steve Berube reported
hearing a great-horned owl vocalizing in the west Riverview area. Fred Richards
heard one near the Mapleton Lodge after Tuesday night’s meeting, and Nelson
Poirier heard a great-horned owl hooting repeatedly in the Pine Glen Road area
of Riverview while taking Fin out for his last run of the night. Fin was quite
perplexed, assumedly thinking it was a dog, but why was it coming from a tree?
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
