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NB Naturalist Feature: The 2022 Christmas Bird Count in New Brunswick

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The 2022 Christmas Bird Count in New Brunswick Forty-nine Count Circles. 1,000 observers. 1,550 hours of observations. More than 15,000 km covered including almost 850 on foot. Result: 136,194 birds from 140 species. Plus, one more species found during the Count Week and five further species found during the Count Period. Total: 146 species. This …

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NB Naturalist Feature: Improving our Understanding of Freshwater Mussels in New Brunswick

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NB Naturalist Feature: Improving our Understanding of Freshwater Mussels in New Brunswick By Kerstyn Dobbs and Sarah Cusack Freshwater mussels are bivalves that inhabit the benthic zone of freshwater ecosystems, but they are most commonly found in rivers and lakes. New Brunswick historically had 11 different species found all throughout the province, but unfortunately one …

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Preorder Your Commemorative Copy of the NB Naturalist 50th Anniversary Edition Today!

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Preorder Your Commemorative Copy of the NB Naturalist 50th Anniversary Edition Today! In 2022, Nature NB celebrated its 50th anniversary! In the upcoming edition of our magazine, the NB Naturalist, we put together the story of our 50 years (and counting!) of accomplishments, field trips, club meetings, advocacy, and more. We are doing a limited print run …

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NB Naturalist Feature: Newly Recorded Tapeworms Infecting Fishes of New Brunswick and the Need for Citizen Science!

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NB Naturalist Feature: Newly Recorded Tapeworms Infecting Fishes of New Brunswick and the Need for Citizen Science! By Megan Fraser Parasites are organisms that live on or inside of a host organism; the host suffers some level of harm and the parasite benefits (Loker & Hofkin 2015). Parasitism is a common symbiotic lifestyle, and parasites …

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NB Naturalist Feature: Nature NB and the Chickadee

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25 MARCH 2022 — In 1983, the New Brunswick legislature officially adopted the Black-capped Chickadee as the provincial bird. What was the catalyst for this decision? A contest conducted by the New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists (NBFN). The NBFN asked New Brunswickers to participate in the decision process by sending in their votes. Ballots were …

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The Evolution of Our Logo

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25 FEBRUARY 2022 — In celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary, Nature NB debuted a new logo in January 2022. This new iteration is actually the 4th logo the organization has had since its foundation. The New Brunswick Federation of Naturalists/Fédération des Naturalistes du Nouveau-Brunswick, or NBFN, was formed at the end of 1972. By …

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NB Naturalist Feature: Maritime Marsh Monitoring Program

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By: Adam Cheeseman Summer 2021 Greeted by mosquitoes and the rising sun, Nature NB’s Adam Cheeseman starts his walk along a dyke in the Tintamarre National Wildlife Area near Sackville, his focus trained on the marsh — listening and watching for wetland birds as part of Birds Canada’s Maritime March Monitoring Program. The marsh comes …

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