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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.
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| 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!  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.
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 Piggy Mountain Hike April 16, 2016 Photo by Karen McKendry |
 Piggy Mountain Hike April 16, 2016 Photo by Richard Beazley |
 Wentworth Falls May 9, 2015. Photo by George Mitchell. |