Photos

We welcome links to galleries with photos from our field trips, or other natural history oriented galleries, e.g., on Flickr.

Belcher’s Marsh Walk 27 April 202 Photos: Louise Grinstead and Don Flemming Music: Steve Waring & Roger Mason, “Sunflower” Click on the photo below to view the slideshow:

Halifax Tree Identification – 26 April 2022

Below are two photos taken by HFN Member Paul Philp during this walk led by Professor Emeritus Peter Duinker. Paul notes that the second photo is of a twig from one of the first trees visited on the walk and is what he likes to call the ET tree (remember the ET movie). “The leaf scars in the photo look like ET. I sometimes find leaf scars are very useful for ID. According to the book ‘Trees in Canada’ by John Farrar, black walnut scars are deeply notched and hairless on the upper edge, which also is an indicator of our first tree being a black walnut.”

Caribou Bog Plant Tour (Leader: Sean Haughian) 8 June 2024 Photos: Brian Bartlett and Bernie McKenna Music: Hans Zimmer Click on the photo below to see the slideshow:

Burntcoat Head Park Walk (Leaders: Andrew Hebda and Gwyneth Jones )
4 May 2024
Photos: Lesley-Jane Butters, Brian Bartlett and Bernie McKenna Music: Helios
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City Nature Challenge
Hemlock Ravine Walk (Leader: Sean Haughian)
27 April 2024
Photos: Don Flemming Music: Keith Kenniff
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory Visit 22 Jan 2024 This intriguing photo was taken by Elizabeth Mills with her iPhone through the sighting lens of one of the smaller portable telescopes.

YNC Swamp Milkweed day
Pictured below are the YNC group, Learning about Swamp Milkweed and it’s critical value to Monarch Butterflies. During this outing participants made seed bombs with harvested seed to take home with them. They also exuberantly tasted several cultivated and wild plants, Ground Cherries were a big hit. Directed by their leaders and parents they were a joy to watch and listen to. This outing was arranged and carried out in collaboration with the Halifax Field Naturalists Society. Photos thanks to Jennifer Hahn.

Middle Stewiacke River Run
Saturday, July 8th, 2023
Photos: Bernie McKenna

**Our group consisted of five canoes, two kayaks, twelve paddlers – and one Jack Russell Terrier!**
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**One of the two active Bald Eagle nests we saw.**

We were expertly led on this trip by our own HFN member Gareth Harding, and well led we were.

Gareth made a great choice as to river route site, good water flow and level, lush vegetation from water level to tree top, and a gravel bar lunch spot that even had a swimming hole in a back eddy.

Several species of bird life were seen.

I suspect everyone’s highlight was a colony of 30 to 40 Bank Swallow nest tunnels – that brought back a lot of memories of days when they were much more common

We were on the water by about 11:30 and off by 3:30 or so, lunch and swimming included.

Great day all around, from the river, the scenery and the company. It could not have been better.

Members’ Photo Night – 18 March2025

Photos this year were provided by HFN Members Richard Beazley, Keith Vaughan and Lesley-Jane Butters.

Click on the entries below to see a slideshow of the photos presented.

Photos presented by Richard Beazley and Keith Vaughan

Photos presented by Lesley-Jane Butters

The photo below was provided by Robert Bell — any ideas what we are looking at here? Comments may be sent to hfn.inquiries@gmail.com

Atlantic View Trail Walk 3 November 2024 Photos: Lesley-Jane Butters and Mary Kennedy (last photo) Music: Michael Silverman, “Simple Gifts” (Traditional) Genus/Species Designation assisted by iNaturalist

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To browse observations of species observed along the Atlantic View Trail shared by others on iNaturalist (before, during, and after the HFN walk) click here: https://inaturalist.ca/observations?place_id=146812&view=species

Clam Harbour Provincial Park 11 August 2024 Photos: Lesley-Jane Butters Music: Natalie MacMaster, “F Medley”

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July 2024 HFN Canoe Trip (Stewiacke River – Upper to Middle Stewiacke)

Photo Credits: Renée Lyons

Albino Squirrels — Not one, but two!

Video Credit: Kevin MacIntosh; Location: Melmerby Beach, NS

Note from Stephanie Robertson: “When we arrived at our cottage there were comments floating around about the presence of an albino chipmunk. We encountered it later on (it was raining so perhaps this fact added to its perception of it being a chipmunk), very skinny and wet, including its tail. I had to gently usher it off our dirt road as it didn’t seem to see the car.

However, we later saw it in front of our cottage, going, as all the small rodents there do, for the bird seed. However, once again, this video was captured by our next door neighbour in his front grassy and partially treed area. Enjoy! (Both have pink eyes.). “

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