Warbler Walk Cancelled
Wood Warbler Walk in Fundy National Park has been scrubbed for this spring. Sorry!!
per Field coordinator Kelly Honeyman
Pending
June 2-4
The Festival of Nature 2023 (hosted by our sister club The Saint John Naturalist Club and Nature NB) has a number of outings happening
around southern NB. There are waterfowl walks, tours of facilities such as Crane Mountain Landfill, exploration of Little Salmon River and Walton Glen
and even a botany walk by our own Gart Bishop and Bruce Bagnell on the Black Beach Trail. These outings can be experienced for as little as $15.
Registration is required and some things will book up quickly, so clink on the link to view choices and sign up.
https://www.naturenb.ca/festival-of-nature-of-nature2023/
June 24, 2023
Dubee Settlement Orchids will be a 2-2.5km round trip to a cedar stand that hopefully with host a half dozen or more species of orchids.
Nature Sussex Field Trips Completed
May 20, 2023 9am – noon
Meet at: Parking lot behind Main Street Tim Hortons
Treemendous Tour In Picadilly guided by Brian Roulston
A 3km walk along a woods trail on a north facing slope amongst mostly mature hardwoods consisting of yellow birch, sugar maple, ironwood, clear beech and black ash. Scattered within the stands are red and white pine, red spruce and hemlock. This is an impressively diverse forest in itself but also within we’ll encounter species such as horse chestnut, butternut, basswood, shagbark hickory and a variety of oak species sourced from across Canada and the UK. Brian will talk of their origins, the trials of propagating and the delight in seeing them flourish in our southern NB climate. In addition, we’ll be witness to the abundance of spring wildflowers in this rich forest. Brian will also talk of the impact of geology to the site and its diversity.
The walk is on dry ground with approx. 150m in elevation change and a bit of a rough scramble through open woods at the end.
Questions?? Contact Kelly Honeyman (506-832-7582 kellyhoneyman@xplornet.ca)
NATURE SUSSEX FIELD TRIPS Completed 2023
March 25 8pm
An Owl Outing with Scott Makepeace
Scott Makepeace
April 29 (weather date April 30th) 8am
Annual Jemseg Waterfowl Outing
Denis Doucet
Parking lot behind Tim Hortons 638 Main Street , Sx
May 20 9am-noon
Treemendous Tour – Highlighting the unusual trees and smaller
plants of his property
Brian Roulston
Parking lot behind Tim Hortons 638 Main Street , Sx
June 2-4th
Nature NB AGM and Festival of Nature (location: Saint John)
Events: https://www.naturenb.ca/festival-of-nature/festival-of- nature-2023/
June 24th 9am-Noon
Dubee Settlement Orchids
Kelly Honeyman
Parking lot behind Tim Hortons 638 Main Street , Sx
October
Geology Walk: Hanford Brook
TBD
Parking lot behind Tim Hortons 638 Main Street , Sx
December
Annual Christmas Bird Count – Count Period: