Tim Fedak PhD
@timfedak.bsky.social
Curator and paleontologist, promotes drawing for natural science in museums and universities, interest in history of geology, and urban geology.
Website and Blog at https://edinos.ca
Drawing in Geoparks https://www.facebook.com/DrawingGeoparks
Website and Blog at https://edinos.ca
Drawing in Geoparks https://www.facebook.com/DrawingGeoparks
A wonderful celebration of #GeodiversityDay in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark - ⚒️ see more and Like/Follow at: facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A wonderful celebration of #GeodiversityDay in the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark - ⚒️ see more and Like/Follow at: facebook.com/DrawingGeopa...
Found this 80,000 year old seed in #MastodonMud at the museum today. Will it sprout? @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Found this 80,000 year old seed in #MastodonMud at the museum today. Will it sprout? @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social
For #FossilFriday - ancient DNA shows the #NovaScotia mastodons are older than thought, and have migrated into the Atlantic region multiple times over the past 500,000 years. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️
September 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
For #FossilFriday - ancient DNA shows the #NovaScotia mastodons are older than thought, and have migrated into the Atlantic region multiple times over the past 500,000 years. In Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ⚒️
On my desk for #FossilFriday - these small bones (Northern Leopard Frog) and the spruce cone being removed from a small block of 80,000 year old mud collected during the 1991 Mastodon dig. These have been in a freezer for over 30 years! Will the 80,000 year old spruce cone have viable seeds?
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
On my desk for #FossilFriday - these small bones (Northern Leopard Frog) and the spruce cone being removed from a small block of 80,000 year old mud collected during the 1991 Mastodon dig. These have been in a freezer for over 30 years! Will the 80,000 year old spruce cone have viable seeds?
In Travels to North America and Nova Scotia (1845) Lyell published this lithograph of bird tracks in mud that he collected in 1842. Today, as I sit on this same shore, I can appreciate Lyell watching these delicate birds and thinking about deep time. #geoheritage
August 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Travels to North America and Nova Scotia (1845) Lyell published this lithograph of bird tracks in mud that he collected in 1842. Today, as I sit on this same shore, I can appreciate Lyell watching these delicate birds and thinking about deep time. #geoheritage
The delicate bird tracks are from the small Semipalmated Sandpipers. While doing a drawing study, the birds ignore you and go about their business.
August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The delicate bird tracks are from the small Semipalmated Sandpipers. While doing a drawing study, the birds ignore you and go about their business.
Some nice high tide mud exposures with Raccoon footprints at The Port Pub in #PortWilliams #NovaScotia #PortWilliams
August 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Some nice high tide mud exposures with Raccoon footprints at The Port Pub in #PortWilliams #NovaScotia #PortWilliams
Today - I'm taking a road trip to #Kentville #NovaScotia to search for tracks preserved in Bay of Fundy mud. In 1842, Dr. Webster sent samples of rain prints collected from the muddy banks of the Cornwallis River to Charles Lyell. The rest, is geological history! ⚒️ archive.org/details/quar...
August 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today - I'm taking a road trip to #Kentville #NovaScotia to search for tracks preserved in Bay of Fundy mud. In 1842, Dr. Webster sent samples of rain prints collected from the muddy banks of the Cornwallis River to Charles Lyell. The rest, is geological history! ⚒️ archive.org/details/quar...
Kissing fish! For #FossilFriday - the latest view of the Platysomid fish from the Early Carboniferous of #NovaScotia found by Dr Mo Snyder and Jesse Demaires-Smith from Acadia University is 2023. ⚒️ Fossil and counterpart - look like two fish kissing.
July 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kissing fish! For #FossilFriday - the latest view of the Platysomid fish from the Early Carboniferous of #NovaScotia found by Dr Mo Snyder and Jesse Demaires-Smith from Acadia University is 2023. ⚒️ Fossil and counterpart - look like two fish kissing.
Some weekend reading - #Geodiversity, #PleinAir Painting in #Geoparks and #Geoheritage in #NovaScotia all available on edinos.ca ⚒️
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some weekend reading - #Geodiversity, #PleinAir Painting in #Geoparks and #Geoheritage in #NovaScotia all available on edinos.ca ⚒️
In August of 1842, Charles Lyell visit a fossiliferous limestone on the shore of the Debert River, #NovaScotia. Today, I found the fossiliferous limestone, and am impressed with the view that Lyell enjoyed so many years ago. ⚒️
June 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In August of 1842, Charles Lyell visit a fossiliferous limestone on the shore of the Debert River, #NovaScotia. Today, I found the fossiliferous limestone, and am impressed with the view that Lyell enjoyed so many years ago. ⚒️
May 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Am excited for tomorrow’s #geoheritage field trip to visit a site where Charles Lyell stopped on the Folly (Fawleigh) River Bridge to observe the exposed gypsum and draw in his notebook - Aug 10, 1842.
April 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Am excited for tomorrow’s #geoheritage field trip to visit a site where Charles Lyell stopped on the Folly (Fawleigh) River Bridge to observe the exposed gypsum and draw in his notebook - Aug 10, 1842.
Learned so much tonight from Mercedes Peters @mercedespeters.bsky.social public talk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Keeping the ember alive, and learning strong.
March 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Learned so much tonight from Mercedes Peters @mercedespeters.bsky.social public talk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Keeping the ember alive, and learning strong.
I have been enjoying the past couple of weeks working with the #NovaScotia mineralogy collection @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social - Some new online resources… coming soon.
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I have been enjoying the past couple of weeks working with the #NovaScotia mineralogy collection @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social - Some new online resources… coming soon.
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
What’s your favourite Nova Scotia mineral?
Gave a guest lecture/workshop today for Geology 2 @dalhousieu.bsky.social students = Drawing Skulls / Drawing Skills. The students appreciated getting some tips and having ltime to practice observation drawing.
February 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Gave a guest lecture/workshop today for Geology 2 @dalhousieu.bsky.social students = Drawing Skulls / Drawing Skills. The students appreciated getting some tips and having ltime to practice observation drawing.
In conjunction with the Monsters of the Abyss exhibit, a small display of historical specimens was installed in the Marine Gallery of the Museum of Natural History. #FindingHoneyman
February 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In conjunction with the Monsters of the Abyss exhibit, a small display of historical specimens was installed in the Marine Gallery of the Museum of Natural History. #FindingHoneyman
This heart rock was given to me by young Emma during an urban geology tour in Halifax in 2023. The treasured rock remains on my office desk. #HappyValentinesDay #HeartRocks ⚒️
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This heart rock was given to me by young Emma during an urban geology tour in Halifax in 2023. The treasured rock remains on my office desk. #HappyValentinesDay #HeartRocks ⚒️
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science - remembering Elizabeth King (1923-2010). In researching and telling her story, I've come to really appreciate her determination and passion for geology. She wrote her first paper at age of nine years old! ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science - remembering Elizabeth King (1923-2010). In researching and telling her story, I've come to really appreciate her determination and passion for geology. She wrote her first paper at age of nine years old! ojs.library.dal.ca/nsis/article...
Samuel Gaskin made significant contributions to the mapping department of the #NovaScotia Dept of Mines from 1950 through 1977. Gaskin brought innovations in using aerial photographs to create more accurate maps for geology and tourism. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/mapping...
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Samuel Gaskin made significant contributions to the mapping department of the #NovaScotia Dept of Mines from 1950 through 1977. Gaskin brought innovations in using aerial photographs to create more accurate maps for geology and tourism. museum.novascotia.ca/blog/mapping...
For #FossilFriday a portion of a Calamites stem from Port Hood, Cape Breton, found by Rev. David Honeyman in 1851. This is one of earliest fossils he collected and accessioned in the museum collection! ⚒️
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social #FindingHoneyman
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social #FindingHoneyman
January 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
For #FossilFriday a portion of a Calamites stem from Port Hood, Cape Breton, found by Rev. David Honeyman in 1851. This is one of earliest fossils he collected and accessioned in the museum collection! ⚒️
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social #FindingHoneyman
@novascotiamuseum.bsky.social #FindingHoneyman
For #FossilFriday - Rex was very excited to have the opportunity to sniff some #NovaScotia Mastodon bones. Good boy Rex.
January 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For #FossilFriday - Rex was very excited to have the opportunity to sniff some #NovaScotia Mastodon bones. Good boy Rex.
You are an Urban Geologist - when you find yourself looking at pieces of concrete sidewalk. #urbanGeology ⚒️
January 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You are an Urban Geologist - when you find yourself looking at pieces of concrete sidewalk. #urbanGeology ⚒️
Charles S Fletcher (1896-1970) biography now published in December issue of GSA Today. A fourth generation African Nova Scotian who became a key man in Harvard Mining Geology lab. #histgeo ⚒️ Available at:
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...
December 3, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Charles S Fletcher (1896-1970) biography now published in December issue of GSA Today. A fourth generation African Nova Scotian who became a key man in Harvard Mining Geology lab. #histgeo ⚒️ Available at:
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...
doi.org/10.1130/GSAT...