The Miramichi Naturalists’ Club (Nature Miramichi) is made up of members who enjoy the natural environment and meet on a regular basis to share experiences, ideas and programs. New members are welcome. Please contact the club president.
Visit “Nature Miramichi” on Facebook.
For questions or comments about this blog site contact Peter Gadd at gadd1313 at nb.sympatico.ca
Club Involvements:
Stewardships:
Kingston Family Nature Preserve
Dolan Woodlands Nature Preserve
Kennedy Lakes PNA
The club, under the leadership of Dave McLeod, have maintained various inventories of birds, plants, invertebrates and mammals at these locations:
Miramichi Marsh, Beaubears Island, French Fort Cove, and Hay Island, Neguac.
Club Executive 2025 – 2026
President – Mathieu Carroll carroll_mathieu at hotmail.com
Vice-president – Peter Gadd gadd1313 at nb.sympatico.ca
Treasurer – Dave Goforth go4uth at gmail.com
Secretary – Sonya Hinds LRN360 at yahoo.ca
Past President – Peter Gadd
Club members are active in these various activities:
Christmas Bird Counts in Miramichi, Sunny Corner and Red Bank, Neguac and New Jersey,
other various bird surveys such as Project Feeder Watch, Owl Surveys, Nightjar Survey, Great Backyard Bird Count and the E-bird data base.
Members have been involved with the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas and the Acadian Butterfly Atlas.
History of Miramichi Naturalist Club
(Nature Miramichi)
Miramichi Natural History Association 1897 to 1913 – Chatham NB
Formed on February 2, 1897. Published proceedings biannually from 1899 tp 1913 (ending at that time likely due to World War One). (Very academic articles)
List of officers in 1899 is below.
Thanks to Mathieu Carroll for this research.
Nature Miramichi in the Modern Era 1972 to 2025
Published Articles by Harry Walker and other members of the Miramichi Naturalist Club Nature Miramichi. Some items are large and may take a few moments to load.
Species Identification – Dave McLeod’s presentation to the Miramichi Naturalists’ Club January 18, 2016 (PDF):
Newspaper Articles by Nature Miramichi Members – March 2010 to March 2012
BIRD DAY MNC
Bird Feeding March 4 2012 by Phil Riebel
A Walk on the Beach Sept. 28 2011 by Peter and Deana Gadd
A Whinny, a Bark and a Burp June 29 2011 by Peter and Deana Gadd
Beech Forest at the French Fort Cove Nov. 10 2010 by Jim Saunders
Butterflies Nov 14 2010 by Deana and Peter Gadd
Fine Dining in the Winter Forest April 6 2011 by Jim Saunders
In Appreciation of Squirrels March 28 2010 by Peter Gadd
In My Back Yard June 12 2010 by Julia Connell
Natural Gardens Sept. 26 2010 by Leonel Richard
Observing Wildlife from Your Canoe May 18 2011 by Leonel Richard
Plants on the Move Nov. 18 2010 by Dave McLeod and Jim Saunders
Spring_Arrivals June 9 2010 by Leonel Richard
Trees Dec 1 2010 by Leonel Richard
The_Japanese_Knotweed Sept. 26 2010 by Jim Saunders
The_Fledglings Nov. 14 2010 by Leonel Richard
Wintering Birds Oct. 19 2010 by Deana and Peter Gadd
The Wonderful World of Wood Warblers (2) by Phil Riebel
Presentation on Birds_Miramichi Naturalist Club
2010 – Christmas_Bird_Counts –, Published in the Miramichi Leader, Wednesday January 19th, 2011 by Pam Watters
A_Racing_Pigeon_Experience Feb. 2 2011 by Julia Connell
Birds of Canada Sept. 29 2011 Book Review by Leonel Richard
Common Milkweed Aug. 13 2010 by Jim Saunders
Shorebirds Aug. 24 2010 by Peter and Deana Gadd
Some Other Fall Colours Oct. 6 2010 by Jim Saunders
The Cyber-Naturalist June 11 2010 by Leonel Richard
The_Beauties_and_the_Beast June 12 2010 by Deana and Peter Gadd
Warm Blooded Survival in the Cold Forest Feb. 19 2011 by Deana and Peter Gadd
Decline_of_the_House_Sparrow May 6 2011 by Leonel Richard
Observing Wildlife from Your Canoe May 18 2011 by Leonel Richard
An article by Leonel Richard: Rare Birds
Nature Miramichi Giv’er Magazine Articles
01 Miramichi Naturalists’ Club Looking Forward to Christmas Bird Counts – Dec. 11, 2016
02 Birding in Miramichi – July 3, 2018
03 Miramichi Marsh – A Birding Hotspot – October 31, 2020
04 Upcoming Christmas Bird Counts in the Miramichi Region – Dec. 16 2020
Below Past – President Leonel Richard Reminisces About NM. He moved to B.C, in 2013
Nature Miramichi: 
Great looking Blog, how do I submit photos?
By: Nelson Cloud on December 16, 2011
at 9:24 am
As the site matures over the next few weeks club members will be invited to add content directly.
By: PMGDD on December 16, 2011
at 4:38 pm
Who can I get in touch with about getting your long-term Christmas Bird Count data into the Bird Studies Canada/Audubon database? There is no charge, and the data will be available for birders and biologists across the continent to use for bird population trends and other analyses. These long-term data sets are very rare, so it would make a big contribution. Ian Walker just sent me a graph of the House Sparrow data from Miramichi–very dramatic decline.
By: Dick Cannings on January 29, 2013
at 7:04 pm
Interested in joining!
By: Clyde johnson on September 6, 2020
at 12:00 pm
Hello Clyde,
Pleased to get your note. The Word Press web site is not particularly active. There is a Facebook page which is a little more so.
We are having a meeting this coming Tuesday in Nelson. It is essentially an effort to see if we can operate under present conditions.
If you send me an email at gadd1313@nb.sympatico.ca I can give you further details.
Actually I think I will post an email I just sent a short time ago to the web site.
Peter
By: PMGDD on September 6, 2020
at 12:18 pm