https://cbnaturalists.ca 2026-03-31 daily 1.0 https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image03.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image37.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image38.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery01/73475493.jpg Untitled https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image21.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image16.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image35.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image12.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image07.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/332f71d9.jpg The amazing phenomenon of "hair ice". Photo by Bill English. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/14dc6bbe.jpg Hair ice on a birch twig. Photo by Bill English. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/c64fffa7.jpg Pink Ladyslipper by Jules Cameron https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/d2c002d9.jpg Half-black Bumblebee having a snack in a Spotted Jewelweed bloom. Photo by Jules Cameron https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/e5f5746f.jpg American Red Squirrel sneaking a cheeky peanut. Photo by Jules Cameron. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/fde067c0.jpg 3 photos from member Angela MacNeil: "I can share this photo that I took today when I was enjoying the winter day. I love the taller spruce trees, although many were cut in my area so it’s a bit sad to see a spruce tree of so many years no longer there." https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/4d4e3bd5.jpg "After the hurricane I think many people in Cape Breton were happy to see the trees that were still here post storm, as we have a beautiful island really." Angela MacNeil https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/8c8e20dd.jpg Thank you for your photos, Angela! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/be8303bc.jpg Steve McGrath and Maureen Cameron-MacMillan observe a raft of scaup in Glace Bay, February 2023. Photo by Alicia Penney. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/710fa06b.jpg David McCorquodale and J.D. Bharvad at the ACAP CB Harbour Hop January 21st, 2023. Photo by Alicia Penney https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery02/69efc103.jpg Naturalists observing tree swallows at Mira Gut during the City Nature Challenge, April 29, 2023. Photo by Alicia Penney. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image22.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image18.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image19.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image20.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image23.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery11/92fad3a4.jpg A great turnout for the fungus walk on September 28, 2024 https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery11/b2af6f87.jpg The fungus was photogenic and prolific, and the weather was fine! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image11.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image17.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image10.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image14.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery12/51bfb745.jpg Past president of the CB Naturalists and wildlife biologist Maureen Cameron-MacMillan shares some good news about rebounding bat populations in Eastern NS. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image15.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery10/d24485a3.jpg Bill English discusses the numerous species of trees which can be found in the acadian forest, and how to assess their health https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery10/633e4f52.jpg Our members were fascinated by how much you can learn about trees just by looking, if you know what to look for! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image09.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery09/2fd5f2c0.jpg Alicia Penney records a close up of Fritz McAvoy's "miscellaneous moths" container for the CB Naturalists Facebook live stream. Fritz wowed us with a presentation about his work collecting, identifying and cataloguing moths (and building his own storage!) https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image13.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery08/020989a8.jpg Dave Harris shows photos from a recent trip to Botswana to a rapturous audience at our October 2023 Monthly Meeting in North Sydney https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image05.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery07/5327ee35.jpg A wonderful group of naturalists getting ready to explore Pottle Lake watershed on a beautiful day in October https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery07/95c6a917.jpg Observing some green elf cups and slime mold in the Pottle Lake watershed https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image04.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery06/7e362bfb.jpg We had a great turnout for the Lewis Mountain Road Trail walk, with lots of experienced and new naturalists. The weather was perfect, and our guide was sure to point out lots of interesting plants and lichens. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery06/4796632e.jpg Sean Haughian gave us some tips and tricks to remember how to identify ferns and mosses - such as this beech fern moustache! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image08.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image06.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image36.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image30.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image31.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image34.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image33.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image28.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image32.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image29.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image26.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image27.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image24.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image25.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery04/988f69e8.jpg A wonderfully informative and inspiring recap of the life and influence of naturalist Pixie Williams, and all of the tangible and intangible contributions she made to natural history in Cape Breton and beyond. The audience was left wanting more! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery04/2c876c24.jpg Does that slide feature a young David Schwimmer? No! It's one of our longtime members, Dave Harris! https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image02.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery05/f2bb02fc.jpg Sean Blaney's excellent talk on the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre's activities in Cape Breton at the North Sydney library was wonderful. He described the grueling fieldwork by his team in the C.B. Highlands N.P., finding rare arctic species https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery05/be3e08ba.jpg Society members Dave McCorquodale and Bethsheila Kent share a laugh at the April 6th, 2023 meeting in North Sydney. https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/image01.jpg https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery03/b825de57.jpg Intrepid blitzers on the last leg of the CNC blitz in Broughton https://cbnaturalists.ca/assets/images/gallery03/79fabfa0.jpg Hoping for Short-eared Owls in Broughton. No luck, but lots of nice nocturnal observations of other species like American Woodcock and Spring Peepers.