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The October Nature
Moncton meeting is on tonight. It’s
going to be a good one! The write-up is below:
**Date: October 20,
2026 at 7:00 PM
Location:
Rotary Pavilion, Mapleton Park
Presenter:
Roland Chiasson
Is that a
Crow or a Raven?”
How many
times have you seen a crow or a raven and wondered what it is? Just how closely related are they? Do they share the same social habits? Do they eat similar foods? Do they mate for life? Do crows have
funerals?
Roland
Chiasson has done extensive research on these amazing ‘common’ species we tend
to pass by, instead focusing on the less commonly seen ones. That will not
happen after hearing this presentation!
Roland is a
biology graduate of Acadia University. He has worked as an interpreter at several
national parks, started the piping plover conservation program, and now runs
his own environmental consulting service.
Bring your
own stories about crows and ravens and join Roland for an entertaining evening
about our complicated corvids!
All are
welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
**The seasonal display
isn't over quite yet in Riverview, where Barbara Smith found plenty of reasons
to look up, way up, and back down. Aspens, maple trees and a bright
red maple leaf popped against the blue sky and green grass.
(Editor’s note: We are
also seeing tamarack trees starting to take on the golden hue of fall. This is
the only conifer we have that loses its needles for the winter.)
**Marbeth Wilson shared
some photographs of recent observations yesterday, and a black-throated
green warbler photo disappeared into cyberspace. It is attached today.
(Editor’s note: this may
be one of our common warblers, but we will have to say adieu to it now; it no doubt
has its migration plan filed and we will not see it again until next spring.)
Nelson Poirier
Nature Moncton
