Warblers and other Songbirds Field Trip

Leader: T. Boswell
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 (If significant rain is forecasted, the trip will be cancelled without a rain-date.)
Time: 9am to noonish
Location: Meet at the front gate at 9am

Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park
4775 St. Margaret’s Bay Road
Upper Tantallon
Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park

The park does not open until May 17th so we will meet at the gate. If, by chance, the park opens earlier, follow the road to a parking lot on the left next to a grassy area with picnic tables. It is a 1km walk from the gate to the park and approximately 1.5km loop around the park. The total distance, with a few side trails, will be about 5km.  The main trails are easy but some may be muddy.

Warblers and other songbirds are difficult to photograph as they rarely sit still. Hopefully, the leaves will not be fully out, allowing us better views of the birds.

Recommended:
• appropriate footwear for wet trails
• rain gear unless of course, there is 0% chance of rain
• water, snacks/lunch
• insect repellent
• rain protection for your equipment
• longest lens you can carry – at least 200mm but more is better
• binoculars, if you have them

Notes:
• PGNS Field Trip Waiver is mandatory.  See the website sidebar for a link to the form.
• Field Trip is limited to 8 members. Please register by sending us a message via the “Contact Us“.

We will remain in the downtown area with the library, city clock and Grand Parade area as the main focus. If weather and time permits, the waterfront may be included.

Rosemary

Back by popular demand, we have arranged a viewing of a selection of prints from the Annie Leibovitz: Photographs from her Books collection held in trust at the AGNS. This year we will also be viewing images from Andy Warhol’s Little Red Book #144 and Harold “Doc” Edgerton.

The images in the set have appeared in ten books: Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983); The White Oak Dance Project (1990); Annie Leibovitz: Photographs 1970-1990 (1991); Olympic Portraits (1996); Women (1999), American Music (2003); A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005 (2006); Annie Leibovitz at Work (2008); Pilgrimage (2011); and a limited-edition volume to be published at the end of the year. The set of photographs is Number One in an edition of three sets.

Andy Warhol was an American visual artist and is known for his pop art. Also known as “Papa Flash”, Harold “Doc” Edgerton developed the strobe in the 1930s and was responsible for developing many of the high-speed photography techniques that are still in use today (https://edgerton-digital-collections.org/).

This in-person event at the AGNS on Saturday Sept 9, 2023 at 1pm is limited to 20 paid up PGNS members, so all the more reason to make sure you have paid your dues to our Treasurer, Dean Hirtle. Email Joyce by Sept 6 to be added to the list of participants.

Full details will be provided closer to the date to those attending.

After viewing the prints, you may wish to consider paying the AGNS fee and explore the rest of the Art Gallery Exhibits which include the exhibit “Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity” as well as the work of Nelson White and “Realism’s Reach”.

Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity

Nova Scotia Spotlight Nelson White

REALISM’S REACH