Crothers Woods, 2016 (TFN Archives)
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Borealis, a much-anticipated nature film by Kevin McMahon, has been made available for free streaming on the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) website. “In his new feature documentary Borealis, acclaimed director Kevin McMahon (Waterlife) travels deep into the heart of the boreal forest to explore the chorus of life in Canada’s iconic wilderness. How do Read More
Hello TFN Juniors, Wishing you a nature-filled holiday season together with your closest family! Please check out our final 2020 Slideshow where we investigate creatures that are still out and about on the cold, snowy days of winter. We also remember some great TFN Juniors’ winter nature excursions of the past three years. Winter is Read More
Thanks to everyone who joined our ten week nature class this fall and contributed photos, drawings and your presence at our weekly get-together. See some final contributions in this week’s slideshow and learn about the science of snow. Learning to draw and developing the skills for nature journaling has been a big part of our Read More
Thanks to everyone who shared photos and joined us today for the second last TFN Juniors fall nature class. Check out our video below and marvel at the number of cool creatures taking advantage of the unique offerings of trees! Go on an adventure of finding Mink in Taylor Creek park and wondering what they Read More
Hi TFN Juniors! Great to see you all yesterday, share your nature experiences through your photos and get tips from Siena about nature photography. Thanks, Siena! Please check out the slideshow for many late season insects that let themselves be picked up so easily and examined. At this time of year we can also look for Read More
In what may seem much like a scene from the movie Groundhog Day to many Ontarians, Nov 5th’s provincial omnibus budget Bill 229 includes schedules that once again work to diminish the effectiveness of our Conservation Authorities and threaten protections for endangered species. According to Ontario Nature “Schedule 6 of omnibus Budget Bill 229 proposes Read More
Thanks to everyone who joined us Wednesday at TFN Juniors fall nature class. We were privileged to have Kat Lucas from the Great Lakes Program at the Metro Zoo speak to us about the Great Lakes, some of the cool species that live there and what we can do to look after them. Please check Read More
Karen Vanderwolf (Trent University), in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Canadian Wildlife Federation, is looking for citizen scientists to contribute to research aimed at better understanding how our native bats are using bat boxes, and the effectiveness of their design. “Our research seeks to determine which bat species use bat boxes across Read More
Hi Junior Naturalists! It was great to see you all at the Nature Class yesterday. Thanks for helping us create another amazing slide show by sharing your nature adventures. For the first time, we paid attention to skies — clouds, birds, butterflies, and falling leaves. And there was cool stuff going on, on the ground Read More
Many thanks to Dr. Allie Anderson, Postdoctoral Fellow at Trent University, who joined us on November 1 to deliver her presentation Shorebird stopover ecology in the 3rd largest wetland in the world, the Hudson Bay Lowlands. A recording of this excellent presentation and Q&A period that followed is now available online for the enjoyment of Read More
Toronto Field Naturalists wishes to acknowledge this Land through which we walk. For thousands of years, the Land has been shared by the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe. Toronto is situated on the Land within the Toronto Purchase, Treaty 13, the traditional and treaty Lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, a covenant agreement between Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Wendat peoples and allied nations to peaceably share the land and all its resources. Today, the Land is home to peoples of numerous nations. We are all grateful to have the opportunity to continue to care for and share the beauty of this Land.