Monthly Archives: January 2012

With the Nova Scotia Bird Society we’ll visit all of our favourite winter birding sites in and around Halifax Harbour looking for ducks, gulls, and alcids. Meet 9:00 a.m., McCormack’s Beach Prov. Park parking lot, just past Boondocks Restaurant in … Continue reading →

Come join us and enjoy Barbara O’Shea’s illustrated travelogue about an adventure voyage on the headwaters of the Amazon. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 7:30 p.m. Read more

John Klymko et al. recently reported occurrence of the rare Dorcas Copper butterfly in a rich calcareous fen at Black River, Inverness County. It’s typically associated with shrubby cinquefoil. Read more about this butterfly and its habitat at Black River … Continue reading →

Landscape painter Mark Brennan makes a plea to recognize the intrinsic value of all living things in his moving film, The Acadian Forest, The Story So Far.