Forks of the Don River, 2015 (TFN Archives)
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TFN is honoured to partner with the Royal Ontario Museum, TRCA, Toronto Zoo, Rouge Park and the Toronto Ornithological Club for City Nature Challenge, April 24-27! This initiative celebrates urban nature & biodiversity by engaging cities around the world in a friendly competition to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the Read More
The Toronto Field Naturalists have recently submitted comments to an online survey hosted by the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) about the role of our province’s conservation authorities (CAs). But with numerous developer-sponsored lobbying groups pushing to limit the scope and mandate of conservation authorities, it is vital that individual Ontarians speak Read More
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our Humber Arboretum adventure. A special thanks to Nick who introduced us to Étienne Brûlé and described his life among the Huron Peoples. How cool to stand on the banks of the Humber River — the very spot Étienne and the Huron would have passed by in Read More
Come and explore the Humber Arboretum with us. Discover the trees of the Carolinian forest — the deciduous forest of southern Ontario. It is a season to notice the remarkable bark, and unique buds and shapes of trees. It’s also maple sugaring season! Let’s learn how First Peoples related to this forest and how they Read More
by Jason Ramsay-Brown It’s funny the things we don’t think to question. Some time before I was ten years old, my mother taught me that song sparrows were called chickadees. I never had any reason to question this. Even if I had, those were the days before the Internet, where fact-checking such a thing would Read More
Over the past year, the crew of CBC’s The Nature of Things has been all over Tommy Thompson Park filming Accidental Wilderness: The Leslie Street Spit. This documentary debuted February 14, 2020 at 9 PM on CBC-TV, and the full episode is now streaming online via CBC Gem! Watch the Episode Now Read More
On Saturday, February 1, TFN Members descended on the S. Walter Stewart Library for our annual Nature Images Show, a wonderful afternoon full of amazing work, good friends, and tasty snacks. The images on display were as varied as the members who presented them: snap shots of weird finds, scenes from citizen science, highlights from Read More
Thanks to everyone for joining us at Toronto Wildlife Centre yesterday and for bringing many practical gifts to help out with the work of the Centre. Victoria Badham, the Centre’s Outreach co-ordinator, gave a wonderful presentation, and we got to ask Sarah, one of the rescue team questions. We learned so much from the Centre’s Read More
In September, 2019, TFN provided full scholarships for five GTA high school students to attend Ontario Nature’s annual Youth Summit for Biodiversity and Environmental Leadership at Geneva Park on Lake Couchiching. From September 20-22 some 102 students from 70 communities across the province participated in a wealth of activities and workshops addressing diverse environmental matters Read More
Join the TFN Junior Naturalists for a visit to the Toronto Wildlife Centre, where each year thousands of wild animals are rescued, rehabilitated and released. We will have the opportunity to meet the Centre’s Ambassador Animals, and learn about the amazing work the staff of the centre does. We will also make snow sculptures and 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.