The Sheffield Mills Community Hall will host its annual pancake and sausage breakfast with naturalist displays\, films\, crafts\, and art show. A short drive around the area in the morning will usually offer a sight of more than 100 Bald Eagles and many hawks. Maps and directions can be obtained at the hall or any time at the information post on Middle Dyke Road. For more information\, check the website www.eaglens.ca or contact Richard Hennigar at (902) 582-3044 or hennigar@xcountry.tv.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T191840Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T130000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120204T130000Z UID:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/272 URL;VALUE=URI:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/272 SUMMARY:Winter on Snowshoes DESCRIPTION:Snow transforms the landscape into stories that unfold as we follow tracks of foxes\, mice\, and other mammals. A Snowshoe Hare hops along and is pounced on by a Great Horned Owl. Without snow to show us the tracks\, wing marks\, and perhaps a drop of blood\, we would not have known the drama took place. Soren Bondrup-Nielsen (902) 582-3971 will lead this hike on snowshoes or skis\, and we will explore the properties of snow (its insulative value\, for example). By studying the characteristic imprints made by different organisms we will interpret the various stories that have unfolded. Meet at the Wolfville waterfront at 10 a.m. for a two- or three-hour\, non-strenuous hike at a nearby location to be determined by weather and snow conditions.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T191840Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120211T133000Z UID:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/274 URL;VALUE=URI:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/274 SUMMARY:Orchid Display and Sale DESCRIPTION:The Valley Orchid Group will have its annual display of orchids in the conservatory of the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre at Acadia University from 10\:30 a.m. to 4\:00 p.m. There is usually a presentation in the downstairs auditorium about orchid growing and people in the lobby selling orchids along with specialized materials and instructions on how to help them grow well. This is a sure cure for the winter blahs\, with only the very best of the best orchids brought for this occasion. You will see plants that you will not believe are real – they are so beautiful\, perfect\, and complex in their structures. Photographers are welcome and encouraged.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T191840Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120217T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T220000Z UID:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/275 URL;VALUE=URI:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/275 SUMMARY:Great Backyard Bird Count DESCRIPTION:This count is done by the \;National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology\, with Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada. The 2011 count produced had 60\,00 participants turning in 11.4 million observations\, and identified 596 species. Two new species never reported to the count before included a Brown Shrike in McKinleyville\, California\, and a Common Chaffinch recorded in Placentia\, Newfoundland and Labrador—both species well out of their normal ranges. In Alaska\, a GBBC participant observed a Brambling visiting her feeder—the only one reported for all of North America. Instructions on how to participate can be found at http\://www.birdsource.org/gbbc.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120518T191840Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T223000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120220T223000Z UID:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/247 URL;VALUE=URI:http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/node/247 SUMMARY:Regular Monthly Meeting\: Annual Show and Tell Night DESCRIPTION:
Annual Show and Tell Night. \; Open to all. Come to view or bring along slides\, pictures\, specimens\, collections\, fossils\, videos\, computer stuff\, favourite books and magazines\, or anything that might be of interest to fellow naturalists. If you have digital images and would like to submit them in advance\, contact Patrick Kelly (902 472–2322\, patrick.kelly@dal.ca).