[BNS_members] This Weekend: Nature Nova Scotia's Celebration of Nature!

[Caroline Beddoe]

Hi all, 

A reminder that NATURE NOVA SCOTIA'S CELEBRATION OF NATURE is happening
this weekend. 

SEE THE FULL DETAILS ONLINE HERE [1] on how to participate in field
trips and nature talks (online)! 

A summary of the fantastic events happening across the province (or
online from the comfort of your own home) is provided down below. 

Friday May 27th

CELEBRATION OPENING

7PM: WELCOME AND OVERVIEW, Bob Bancroft 

7:15PM KEY NOTE TALK (ONLINE) “NOVA SCOTIA’S WINDY FORESTS,” Dr. David
Patriquin Saturday May 28th 

FIELD TRIPS (IN PERSON) 

6am: "BIRDING” W KEN MCKENNA, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Waterside Beach
Provincial Park, Pictou 

7am: "SPRING WARBLER WALK” W JASON DAIN, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Jerry
Lawrence Provincial Park, Upper Tantallon 

7am: "CANADA WARBLER WALK AND TALK” W DR. CINDY STAICER, Dalhousie
University, Shearwater Flyer Trail, Cole Harbour 

8:30am: “WATERFALLS AND BIRDS – TWILIGHT OF HEMLOCK AND BEECH” W DONNA
CROSSLAND, Nature Nova Scotia, Tupperville Falls, Annapolis County 

9am: "FAMILY-FRIENDLY INTRO TO BIRDING” W BECKY PARKER, Young
Naturalists Club, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax 

9am: "A GYPSUM FLOODPLAIN” W PATRICK KELLY AND JOANNE COOK, Nature Nova
Scotia, Herbert River Trail, South Rawdon 

9:30am: "SPLENDID SANDY LAKE PARK” W KAREN MCKENDRY, Ecology Action
Centre, Sandy Lake Regional Park, Bedford 

10am: "EDIBLE WILD PLANTS” W SUZANNE GAUTHIER, NS Wild Flora Society,
Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsborro 

10am (all day): “MCNABS ISLAND” W CATHY MCCARTHY, Friends of McNabs
Island, boat from Eastern Passage 

1pm: "INTRO TO COASTAL BARRENS” W BECKY PARKER, Nature Nova Scotia,
Peggy's Cove Preservation Area, West Dover 

1pm: "SPLENDID SANDY LAKE PARK” W KAREN MCKENDRY, Ecology Action Centre,
Sandy Lake Regional Park, Bedford 

1pm: "SPRING BIRDS AND BOTANY” W BETTY HODGSON, Friends of Pugwash
Estuary, Estuary House/Peace Trail, Pugwash 

1pm: “STONE BEAR- TWILIGHT OF HEMLOCK AND BEECH” w Donna Crossland,
Nature Nova Scotia, Bear River 

1:30pm: "RESTORING WILDLIFE HABITAT” W BOB BANCROFT, Nature Nova Scotia,
location TBD, Pomquet 

TALKS (ONLINE)

6pm: “GETTING YOUR FEET WET: EXPLORING THE WONDERS, VALUE, AND DIVERSITY
OF WETLANDS IN NOVA SCOTIA” Chad Simmons, Mersey Tobeatic Research
Institute 

6:30pm: “INSIGHTS FROM THE HOPE FOR WILDLIFE REHABILITATION DATABASE”,
Hope Swinimer, Hope for Wildlife, Dr. Cindy Staicer, and Dr. Amy Mui,
Dalhousie University 

7:30pm: “SCOTIAN SHORES: CLEANING THE SHORELINES THROUGH CONNECTIONS”
Angela Riley, Scotian Shores 

FIELD TRIP 

8pm: “SUNSET WALK ON PARTRIDGE ISLAND BEACH” (A CONTEMPLATIVE WALK FOR
ADULTS) w John Brownlie, Cobequid Young Naturalists Club; Ottawa House.
Parrsboro. 

Sunday May 29th

 NatureNS AGM (Online)

9am: President's Report, Staff Reports 

9:30am: Member Group Reports 

10am: Financials 

10:30am: Planning for 2022-2023 

FIELD TRIPS

11am: “IT’S A WILD WORLD AT THE BOG POND” (DRAGONFLIES AND MOTHS;
KID-FRIENDLY) W JOHN BROWNLIE; COBEQUID YOUNG NATURALISTS CLUB; FUNDY
GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, PARRSBORO. 

12pm: “URBAN PARK GUIDED WALK TO SUSIE LAKE” W UNITY COOPER, Nature Nova
Scotia and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Blue Mountain Birch
Cove Lakes Wilderness Area, Halifax 

1pm: “THE BURNABLE BACKLANDS” W KAREN MCKENDRY, Ecology Action Centre,
Purcells Cove Backlands, Spryfield 

1pm: “MAKING A SPLASH: EXPLORING THE WORLD OF WETLANDS AT THE FRENCH
BASIN TRAIL” W CHAD SIMMONS, Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute, French
Basin Trail, Annapolis Royal 

1:30pm: "RESTORING WILDLIFE HABITAT” W BOB BANCROFT, Nature Nova Scotia,
location TBD, Pomquet 

2pm: “WATERFALLS AND BIRDS – TWILIGHT OF HEMLOCK AND BEECH” W DONNA
CROSSLAND, Nature Nova Scotia, Tupperville Falls, Annapolis County 

2pm: “GYSUM SINKHOLES AND BIRDS” W PATRICK KELLY AND JOANNE COOK, Nature
Nova Scotia, Avondale Community Trail, Windsor 

2pm: “INSECT HUNT AT LONG LAKE” W DR. HEATHER CRAY, Dalhousie
University, Long Lake Provincial Park, Halifax 

2pm: “WENTWORTH LOCALS HIKE BY PROTECT WENTWORTH VALLEY” w Leslie
Dykeman, Protect Wentworth Valley, location TBD 

TALKS (ONLINE)

6pm: “THE TIME IS NOW: MAINLAND MOOSE RECOVERY AS HEALING NATURE AND
PEOPLE”, Dr. Karen Beazley, School for Resource and Environmental
Studies, Dalhousie University 

7pm: “DIVERSITY OF NATURE: BIPOC-FOCUSED SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH”, Suchinta
Arif, Dalhousie University and Diversity of Nature 

7:30pm: “ATLANTIC WHITEFISH: CANADA’S MOST ENDANGERED FISH, RIGHT HERE
IN NOVA SCOTIA!”, Amy Russell, Coastal Action 

-- 
Caroline Beddoe
 She/her
 613-619-1098
 Program Coordinator
 Blomidon Naturalists Society
 Wolfville, Nova Scotia

_ Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi'kma'ki, the
traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We
acknowledge that we have a responsibility to honour and learn about
their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of
reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable
relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other
organisms, with the land and with the water._ 

Links:
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[1] https://naturens.ca/events/2022-celebration-of-nature/
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