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** This week’s Nature
Moncton Wednesday evening walk to the Ward Marsh in Sackville will be happening
tomorrow night. All details are below:
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALK
Date: August 5, 2026, at 6:30 PM
Where: Ward Marsh,
Sackville
Meeting Place: At the
corner of Rte 940 (Main St) and White Birch Rd.
Take exit 504 off the Trans Canada, Sackville. Turn left off the ramp onto Main St (Rte
940). Follow this road about 6 km and
turn left on White Birch Rd. The sign
for White Birch is not very visible until you are on it, but it is about 1 km
after you pass Forks Rd on your right.
After we all gather on White Birch Rd (at the corner
of Rte 940), we will drive in together on a mostly gravel road for about 1 ½ km
to where our walk will begin.
Leader: Louise
Nichols
Ward Marsh is an extensive area of wetlands managed by
Ducks Unlimited, surrounded by treed areas and bogs. We will travel through the area on a berm
that is flat with gravel and grassy plants. The berm passes by several water impoundments
and marsh/bog habitat. We may see
waterfowl as well as songbirds, possibly shorebirds by this date, some marsh
and bog plants and various insects.
The walk is easy with some longer grasses in
sections. Bug spray and long pants are
recommended. All are welcome, Nature
Moncton members or not. Wear your name
tag if you have one.
She photographed a young-of-the-year
spotted sandpiper (showing the juvenile lack of breast spotting), a common
wood nymph butterfly, a worn monarch butterfly, and an adult bald
eagle.
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
