Category Archives: walks

Revised Field trip to Blanche Penninsula Sat Sept 14, weather day Sunday Sep 15

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Note the directions below have been updated. The NSWFS is planning a field trip to the Blanche Peninsula ( Cape Negro island included). This is a potential new purchase for Nature Trust NS. A Burrowing owl has been reported in … Continue reading →

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Nature Trust Hike, Acaciaville June 17

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Nature Trust is conducting a hike on Sat. June 17 at their new Acaciaville properties: 2 field trips one at 10:00 hrs and a second at 14:00hrs. Registration required. About 2.5 hrs from Halifax. Upcoming Events

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Member’s Meeting Outdoors Point Pleasant May 27, 6:30pm

Posted on May 21, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

The next and final meeting (until next fall) for the Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society will be outdoors, rain or shine, at Point Pleasant Park in Halifax on Monday May 27 at 6:30pm. Please meet us at the Prince of … Continue reading →

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Field trip to see Ram’s Heads May 20

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Charles Cron will be leading a field trip to see a colony of Ram’s Head Lady’s Slippers near Windsor on Monday May 20 at 10:00AM. Exit the 101 at Highway 14 to head east towards Brooklyn. Just after exiting the … Continue reading →

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Trip to Smiley’s Provincial Park – Sat. Apr. 27

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Charlie will be leading a trip to Smiley’s Provincial Park. This is a focused walk to see a Nature Trust property with Hazelnut in bloom and leatherwood shrub in Smiley’s Park as well as the general destruction caused by last … Continue reading →

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Additional Hikes for City Nature Challenge Apr 27

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Saturday, 27 April, 2024, 9:00AM:  Halifax Field Naturalists City Nature Challenge Walk (CNC) (iNaturalist) Dr. Sean Haughian, Curator of Botany and interdisciplinary ecologist at the Nova Scotia Museum, has graciously offered to lead a HFN CNC walk on Saturday, April, … Continue reading →

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Field trip to Balancing Rock, Long Island – Sunday March 24, 2024

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Bob Kennedy

Balancing Rock Trail on Long Island. Meet at trail head at 10:00 hrs. If you miss the Ferry at 09:30 catch the next crossing. We will be near the start of the trail and looking for Skunk Cabbage in bloom, … Continue reading →

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Field Trip to Valley View Prov. Park (Bridgetown) – Oct 28 or 29

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Bob Kennedy

Charles Cron will be leading a field trip to Valley View Provincial Park, near Bridgetown on Oct 28 (or 29 if weathered).  American beech  is the dominant tree and this is one of the best beech forests left in NS. … Continue reading →

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Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 1 pm: Sandy Lake (Bedford) Old Forest walk

Posted on October 10, 2023 by admin

David Patriquin will lead this walk on Sat Oct 14, 2023. If Saturday look very rainy, it will be on Sunday, Oct 15. Check this post if uncertain; ‘will update/confirm Fri at noon. We will meet 1 p,m* in the … Continue reading →

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Event of interest: Chebucto Moose Field Meeting on Sunday Oct 22, 2023

Posted on September 20, 2023 by admin

Details & Registration Here More about the Chebcto Moose Here

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