It was a very good day. You saw the banner headline about Porcupine, and that was true. On one of the trails that we walked a ways, a slow moving , very large Porcupine ambled out of the woods on one side of the trail, seemingly oblivious to us, and headed to the woods on the other side as if we were not even there. A great moment to see one so close, as only once previously, have Ruth and I seen one on our trips.
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| There it is! A New Brunswick Porcupine. |
But that was half way through the sites we visited today. We started at Pagan Point Natural Reserve about two miles NE of the campground and tried the trail there. There were some sparrows namely a WHITE BREASTED SPARROW, LINCOLN SPARROW and a SONG SPARROW. We did see many of the latter today. Katy's Cove, a summer time beach spot with some forested area was where we saw the PORCUPINE. It was a delight to watch.
At Bar Road end there is a very unique road that begins and ends there. I say that, as when the tide is out for about 5 hours the land between it and an Island called Minister's Island can be reached by foot or bicycle. In the high tide it is not possible of course. (The sign says cars can too , but few do this).
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| This is the crossing when there is low tide. It is called the "Bar". |
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| An explanation of the crossing. (There is a fee!) |
Up Route 127 further is a Wild Salmon Center , where they study the ways to improve conditions for the wild salmon. There are many salmon "ponds "in the Bay of Fundy now, so this industry is important to the Maritimes. Fishing as I mentioned is a $1.6 billion industry.
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| One of the holding ponds at the Salmon Center. It had been an old mill at one time as there is a stream there. |
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| An "end" view of the main building which is used for weddings, and conferences . there are stairs and a boardwalk to the stream and holding tanks across the stream. |
The last stop up north of the town was the "Sam Orr Trail and Pond". This is a trail that is split by Hwy.127, so we parked on one side and walked that trail. The wind had been quite steady by that time so few birds were out.
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The local golf course is right on the ocean where the deer run free. |
Final destination was a"Joes Point Road" . In New Brunswick there are two blockhouses still intact , that were original block houses from the War of 1812. One is here in St Andrew and we did visit it today. Tomorrow if the sun comes out we will photograph it for publication. On that road we talked with an older couple (late 70's) about the deer population which is diminishing here. They were applying poly coat to two pillars that are at the entrance to an estate they work for. She has been working there for 50 years and was hired when her father told her to take a load of manure to this family. She was hired on the spot and has been there ever since. We did see deer four times today and these three were on the golf course by Joe's Road.
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| The three deer we saw running on the golf course. (White tail) |
A few miscellaneous items will wrap up this day's posts. This morning we did see some sea birds and one new one. The same ones I saw last evening plus the Black Guillemot: Today's birds seen included; LONG TAILED DUCK, KINGFISHER, BLACK BACKED WOODPECKER, SURF SCOTER, NORTHERN GANNET, GREAT BLUE HERON , and BLACK GUILLEMOT, plus 15 more species. I saw the woodpecker while Ruth was next tone photographing some light shadows in the trees.
Tomorr0w we head into St. Stephen , as it is going to rain all night and into the morning, we will do grocery shopping, and hit the CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Sorry no tagging along.
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| Today we found 'Patrick' another family name. |
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| An explanation of Pagan point. |
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| Vascellum certisii (Puffball (small) |
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| The Van Horne Trail runs through St Andrew. |
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| The Algonquin Hotel (Resort) has been here since 1889. It looks out on Pasamaquaddy Bay. We drove through the overpass three times today as it is a main road through town. |
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