City Nature Challenge begins Apr 26 (today) & runs to Mon Apr 29, 2024

Photo from Canadian Wildlife Federation page on the City Nature Challenge

Halifax is participating in the iNaturalist-based City Nature Challenge again, this year over the days Friday Apr 26 to Monday Apr 29

It’s pretty simple to contribute to Halifax’s effort to document our natural world and illustrate citizen’s love of that world.

Participants photograph a nature observation of a “species” (e.g.a robin, or a flower) within the boundaries of HRM within the Apr 28-May 1 timeframe and upload it to iNaturalist. (HRM refers to Halifax Regional Municipality, now just called Halifax. It encompasses all of Halifax County.) Cape Breton Regional Municipality is the other NS participant. Continue reading

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27 Apr 2024: Hemlock Ravine Walk (CNC/iNaturalist)

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Tue 16 Apr 2024: Fossils & Evolution – The Maritime Story

For those attending the live presentation at the museum, Ron will have copies of the book “The Last Billion Years”, on which his presentation is based (https://atlanticgeosciencesociety.ca/books), for sale at $20 no tax (regular $45 plus tax).  It will need to be a cash transaction (or cheque to the Atlantic Geoscience Society).

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Earth Day 22 Apr 2024

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Tue 2 Apr 2024: H. Irving Botanical Gardens

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Tue 19 Mar 2024: AGM/Members’ Photo Night

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5 Mar 2024: Halifax Planetarium

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Tue 20 Feb 2024: The Carbon Cage

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Nature Nova Scotia 2024 Celebration of Nature 24-26 May

For more information go to: https://naturens.ca/the-celebration-of-nature/?mc_cid=7edfe5cfe8

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Sat 10 Feb 2024: Flag Pond Park

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Mon 22 Jan 2024: Burke-Gaffney Observatory

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Sun 21 Jan 2024: Sewer Stroll / Safari

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