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V41-03-2010.Pdf THE OSPREY Nature Journal of Newfoundland and Labrador Summer 2010 Volume 41 number 3 Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR P.O. Box 1013, St. John’s, NL A1C 5M3 WWW.nhs.nf.ca e-mail: [email protected] The Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, first formed in 1910 and incorporated in 1972, is the oldest active natu- ralist and conservation organization in the province. The society is active in promoting natural history and protecting the environment. The society, a registered charity, is the provincial affiliate of Nature Canada, a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to protect and conserve wildlife and habitats in Canada by engaging people and advocating on behalf of nature. Board of Directors 2010 - 11 Executive HOME WORK Michael Collins President [email protected] 737-7522 726-7236 Rita Anderson Past President 895-2564 737-8771 Marjorie Evans Treasurer [email protected] 722-1925 [email protected] 754-0455 689-4613 Directors 745-5534 737-4738 Osprey R. J. (John) Gibson Fish 726-2498 Len Zedel Oil 754-3321 737-3106 Allan Stein [email protected] 895-2056 John Jacobs [email protected] 738-3147 737-8194 Raoul Andersen [email protected] 722-3192 737-8964 Reade Davis [email protected] 722-3790 737-8866 ISSN 0710-4847; Mail Registration # 8302 The Osprey- - The Osprey, On our cover: Fall Oyster (Panellus serotinus). Photo by H. Mann (see article, page 17) The Osprey 2 contents 4 Outdoors: The Editor’s Note Ed Hayden 5 Letters to the Editor 6 Society Matters Ed Hayden 8 Congratulations: Julie Huntington - Environmental Award Derek Keats - University Appointment 9 Tribute to Bill Pruitt Don Steele 12 NAACAP Update: Northeast Avalon Rivers Dan Ficken 13 Mealy Mountains / Akamiuapishku National Park John Jacobs 17 From the Mushroom Basket: Two Loaves are Better than One Henry Mann 19 Ochrolechia frigida (Swartz) Lynge : A Cool Lichen Andrus Voitk 21 Essay: In Delight of Nature Laura McFarlane Tranquilla 22 Bee Species of Newfoundland Barry J. Hicks 26 Privilege and the Protection of the Grand Bank Bill Montevecchi Ocean: Presentation to St John’s Rotary Club 29 The Inequity of Compensation for Destroyed Lakes R. John Gibson 39 The Night Sky: July, August and September Fred Smith 41 St. Pierre et Miquelon Birds: Spring Migration Roger Etcheberry 46 Update: Humber Natural History Society Lois Bateman 47 Gift Ideas and Membership Renewal Next Edition In the next edition of The Osprey we’ll celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary articles selected from our archive over the past four decades. The Osprey 3 THE OSPREY NATURE JOURNAL OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Volume 41 Number 3 Summer 2010 Outdoors David Phillips, senior climatologist at yet encountered, steadily bobbing and going Environment Canada, has declared spring 2010 round in a tight circle in the pond at a mad clip, on the northeast Avalon to be the wettest on apparently picking insect larvae and other prey record, with about 600 millimetres of rainfall. from the surface. Local birder Doug Hynes Here at The Osprey’s nest, no matter how snug in an eyrie of articles and books on natural adult breeding Red-necked Phalarope. What an history, we don’t let the weather interfere with amazing sight! getting outdoors. My dog Jupe, happy to see me in not-work clothes on weekend mornings, sits at my door, rain or shine, always ready for a hike fuzzy male catkins emerge from willows on the along the East Coast Trail. south side of Long Pond; listening to robins sing their variations on a tune of Cheerio, I’m a landlord again! A pair of Tree Swallows Cheerio, Cheerily; inhaling the aroma of early- returned to check out our nest box in the blooming Mountain Alder in the night air along backyard (in the east end of St. John’s) on May the Virginia Trail; and, on the summer solstice, 19 and, much to our delight, has moved in. From receiving an email from fellow naturalist John Gibson pining the end of excellent blooms of with their straw and feathers has brought us great Rhodora and Chuckley Pear this year on a path joy, particularly in watching them turn their beaks below Signal Hill. The terns are back at Forest sideways to manoeuvre the longer pieces through Pond, and numerous mushrooms are poking the entrance. Today, at the summer solstice, the through my shade garden, no doubt from the missus is still on the nest while the mister keeps horse manure from the Goulds that I shoveled guard on the nearby telephone wire, swooping there last spring. These are the joys of watching down to chase off potential marauders, especially spring arrive, settle in a spell and move on. starlings, at the merest hint of coming too close. In the next edition of The Osprey, we’ll celebrate Having attended a birdsong workshop with Dave the centenary of the Natural History Society Brown this spring, I’ve been strolling country of NL, initially formed in 1910, by including lanes on weekend mornings since May, listening reprints of a variety of natural history articles to the warblers return. I’m dreadful at identifying from the four decades in our archive. Until then, birds, especially by sound, but occasionally I do drop me a line. I enjoy hearing from you. get one, and these are satisfying moments to be savoured, indeed. A huge treat this spring Ed Hayden, Editor came on May 10 when my wife and I stopped [email protected] by for a casual glance at the Ruby Line Pond and saw in front of us the wackiest bird we have The Osprey 4 Letters to the Editor plans, rather than done later, as is usually the case. The real problem is the armouring of the banks of streams with large boulders. This prevents any evolution of the stream and, thus, it remains forever a ditch, as was illustrated in the picture on the cover. The flow is confined, and during spates the water can only rise vertically and increase flooding downstream. Since in many cases the boulders are installed incorrectly, on top of each other to create a vertical wall rather than a series of steps, they are inherently unsafe as well. Someone is going to fall in during a Recently ‘armourized, channelized’ Virginia River at spate and be swept away by the fast flowing water. Coaker’s Meadow, St. John’s. Photo by John Gibson Don Steele ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Barbarous Treatment of Virginia River The Osprey is Beautiful! Sir: I was taken aback with my first sight of the I am so impressed with the Osprey now that Ed picture on the cover of the Fall 2009 issue of the Hayden is in charge. It is professional, contains very Osprey. The picture itself, showing an armourized, interesting, varied articles, and the illustrations, channelized stream, is attractive, but to me it colours and layout are really beautifully done. gives the impression that the NHS supports such The NHS should be congratulated, but I think barbarous treatment of a river. The caption doesn’t Ed Hayden in particular should get an award! appear until page 3 and would be missed by a casual He’s doing a fabulous job. It was fun to read reader. I believe the NHS should promote natural the article on Minipi, and of course the picture streams rather than such armourized, channelized by Dick Haedrich of the bear standing there as streams. The picture was presumably chosen to though waiting for a bus is a riot! The children’s accompany the article on Index Electrofishing page on butterflies and moths is interesting, and (pp.32-37) and particularly paragraph 2 on page I hope Newfoundland and Labrador teachers will 36, which discusses channelization and stream see the magazine and get it for their schools. The armouring. Since these sites were not sampled, this picture of the eagle zeroing in on an otter with portion of the article is out of place and should be a trout is electrifying. I feel sorry for the otter! dealt with separately. Perhaps a copy directed to the science curriculum Channelization itself is not all bad since it can committee for junior high schools and high schools develop into a natural stream if there is enough could persuade some of the committee to ask the time and natural processes are allowed to take government for funds to purchase a subscription for place. Moreover, small yearlings can survive each school library. with the controlled flow and an absence of the Also, the magazine should be made available at the large predatory fish that are found in the deeper Fluvarium...with the provincial government paying pools. Pools and meanders will develop with time, for an intitial run of copies to put on display. especially with the assistance provided in the past Judy Gibson by the Natural History Society and the Salmonid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Association of Eastern Newfoundland (SAEN). Enjoy the Range of Natural History Topics This has been demonstrated and documented Edmund, Thanks for including the Canadian repeatedly in Learys Brook and Juniper Brook. Of Institute of Forestry article in your latest issue. I course, it would be better to leave streams in their enjoy the balance in articles and range of natural natural states, but they are not always where we history topics presented. Cheers. would like them to be. If they need to be moved, Bill Clarke then rehabilitation should be incorporated into the The Osprey 5 Society Matters Compiled by Ed Hayden The society presents a free indoor program on the third Thursday of each month, except July and August, at the MUN Botanical Garden at 7:30 p.m.
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