Category Archives: Talks

Thurs Nov. 2, 2017: Challenges of the Little Brown Bat

Posted on October 30, 2017 by davidp

St. Mary’s University graduate students Nicole Besler and Cody Fouts discuss some of the strategies used by little Brown Bats in Newfoundland in order to cope with the potential limiting factors of life in a harsh environment. 7:30 pm at … Continue reading →

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Thursday Sep 7, 2017: Cold Critters – how insects survive the winter

Posted on September 1, 2017 by davidp

Our first fall meeting will be held on Thursday evening, Sep 7 (2017) beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History on Summer Street in Halifax. The featured speaker is Dr. Laura Ferguson who will walk … Continue reading →

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Thursday June 1, 2017: Bob Bancroft on Forestry

Posted on May 29, 2017 by davidp

Bob Bancroft is giving a presentation on Forestry in Nova Scotia to the Halifax Naturalists on Thursday June 1 at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, 7:30 p.m. All welcome. View HFN Walks and Talks … Continue reading →

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Tues May 16, 2017: Environmental Issues Election Debate

Posted on May 11, 2017 by davidp

May 16, 2017 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM 6350 Coburg Rd., University of King’s College New Academic Building, Alumni Hall As poss, RSVP via Facebook See EAC for details

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NS celebration of Nature Weekend May 26-28, 2017

Posted on May 9, 2017 by davidp

Nature NS is holding its popular spring weekend at Milford House May 26-28, 2017. As in the recent past, the Young Naturalist Club will be participating, making it a family affair. There are talks about loons, flying squirrels and trout, … Continue reading →

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Thursday, Apr. 6, 2017: ANTARCTIC VOYAGE

Posted on April 5, 2017 by davidp

At our regular meeting, long-time HFN member Peter Webster will share experiences and images from his December 2015/January 2016 trip to the Antarctic. All welcome, 7:30 pm at NSMNH on Summer Street. View Details under Walks & Talks Also, Sydney … Continue reading →

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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017: CANADA COAST to COAST …

Posted on January 30, 2017 by davidp

Join us, 7:30 pm on Thursday Feb 2, 2017 at the NS Museum of Natural History on Summer Street for a very Canadian presentation. Gavin Mason, coastal geoscientist at BIO, will talk about our 300,000 km of coastline, elaborating on … Continue reading →

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THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 2016: THE WOLF AT THE DOOR

Posted on January 3, 2017 by davidp

At our first regular meeting of 2017, award-winning author Bob Chaulk talks about the historic seal hunt during the period of the ‘wooden walls’, after the steamships SS Bloodhound and SS Wolf brought wholesale change to an old industry, beginning … Continue reading →

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Thursday Oct 6, 2016: Detecting fishing vessel behaviour from space

Posted on October 4, 2016 by davidp

Kristina Boerder, a PhD student from Dalhousie University, will tell us about how she is making movements of fishing vessels visible (even when they are out of sight!) using satellite technology in ecologically important areas of our world’s oceans. 7:30 … Continue reading →

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