What Is Bird Week?
Bird Week is seven days of bird walks and educational events, all about birds, across Halifax Regional Municipality! Volunteers lead guided beginner birding walks for the public in all 16 HRM districts. We invite councilors and their constituents to join these bird walks, discuss local bird conservation, and engage with the community.
Bird Friendly Halifax
Bird Week is an initiative of Bird Friendly Halifax, a coalition of environmental organizations, researchers, the municipality, citizen scientists, and other bird lovers working to make HRM a friendlier place for our avian neighbours. In 2022, after an in-depth assessment under Nature Canada’s Bird Friendly Cities program, Halifax Regional Municipality was narrowly awarded Entry-level Bird Friendly City status for its work on things like the Green Network Plan, its pesticide ban, and the many contributions to bird conservation made by local conservation groups like ours. Our coalition is working now to improve that score and, most recently, succeeded in getting council to commit to a staff report exploring bird-friendly design guidelines for municipal works. We meet bi-monthly to work on ways to reduce impacts to wild birds through policy change and education. Learn more about Bird Friendly Halifax and join us here!
As part of its commitment to the Bird Friendly Cities program, Halifax Regional Municipality has agreed to observe an annual Bird Week celebration, and our coalition works together to host this celebration each year.
Bird Week Events
Want to come to a bird walk? Register by following the link under the event. Please note, if you want to attend multiple walks, you must register for each walk separately. Don’t see your district represented? Stay tuned, more locations will become live as finalize details!
Have questions? Want to lead (or help lead) a walk? contact info@naturens.ca
District 1: Waverley – Fall River – Musquodoboit Valley
Councillor: Cathy Deagle Gammon
Date/time: Saturday May 30th – 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: McDonald Sports Park – Meet at the Parking Lot
Register for District 1 Bird Walk
District 2: Preston-Chezzetcook -Eastern Shore
Councillor: David Hendsbee
Date/time: May 30th 9:30 AM
Location: The Deanery Project, 751 W Ship Harbour Rd
District 3:
Councillor:
Date/time: TBD
Location: TBD
District 4: Cole Harbour-Westphal
Councillor: Trish Purdy
Date/time: Thursday May 28th, 9:30 AM-10:30 AM
Location: Bissett Lake Park meeting at this Parking lot location
Register for District 4 Bird Walk
District 5: – Dartmouth Centre
Councillor: Sam Austin
Date/time: Monday, May 25th, 1:00 -2:30 PM
Location: Sullivan’s Pond – Meet at the Bandstand
District 6: Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East
Councillor: Tony Mancini
Date/time: May 25th, 8- 9 am
Location: Shubie Park, Dartmouth – Meet at Fairbanks Interpretive Centre
District 7: Halifax South Downtown
Councillor: Laura White
Date/time: Wednesday, May 27th, 7:30 -8:30 AM
Location: Cemetery to Halifax Public Gardens – meet at the Summer Street entrance of the Camp Hill Cemetery
District 8: Halifax Peninsula North
Councillor: Virginia Hinch
Date/time: May 30th, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Location: Fort Needham Memorial Park – Union Street parking lot
District 9:
Councillor:
Date/time: TBD
Location: TBD
District 10: Halifax-Bedford Basin West
Councillor: Kathryn Morse
Date/time: Wed May 27th 9:30-11:00 am
Location: Mainland North Trail, Meet at this location, Parking lot at the end of Westridge Dr
District 11: Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road
Councillor: Patty Cuttell
Date/time: May 30, 9:30 – 11:00 am
Location: Urban Farm of Spryfield – Meet at Urban Farm Museum
District 12:Timberlea-Beechville-Clayton Park West
Councillor: Janet Steele
Date/time: May 25th, 6 PM-8 PM
Location: Belchers Marsh
District 13: Hammonds Plains-St. Margaret’s
Councillor: Nancy Hartling
Date/time: May 27th 5 pm-6 pm
Location: meet at Peggy’s Cove lighthouse viewing platform
District 14: Middle & Upper Sackville – Beaverbank – Lucasville
Councillor: John A. Young
Date/time: May 27th, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Location: Jack Lake Trail, Meet at the parking lot here
District 15: Lower Sackville
Councillor: Billy Gillis
Date/time: May 26th, 8:00-9:00 AM
Location: First Lake Trailhead – Sports Stadium parking lot. Meet here.
District 16: Bedford- Wentworth
Councillor: Jean St-Amand
Date/time: May 31, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Bedford-Sackville Greenway Connector, True North Diner parking lot
