Author: Anne Purvis

Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is forests! We are very lucky to live in a city with a large urban forest. Toronto’s tree canopy covers about 28% of the Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is meadows! A meadow is an open area that is dominated by herbaceous plants like grasses and wildflowers. Meadow habitats provide shelter, water and Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! This week’s theme is wetlands! Wetland habitats include swamps, marshes and bogs. These places are very important to humans and wildlife, even in big cities like Toronto. Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the TFN Juniors slideshow this week. We always enjoy sharing the adventures everyone has been on this week. What a surprise Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who shared photos for this week’s blog. We continue to see interesting things in nature all around us. Please have a look at this Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who shared Nature photos and observations this week! Please enjoy the lovely images in the slideshow below: Now you can challenge yourself by doing Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who has been nature-watching this past week–even despite the extreme heat and thanks for sending in your pictures. Our challenge for this week was Read More

Hello Junior Naturalists! Thanks to everyone who submitted photos to the slideshow below. So exciting to have several folks raising caterpillars–please keep photographing your caterpillar pets and keep us up Read More

Hello Toronto Field Naturalists Juniors! Welcome to the Toronto Field Naturalists Juniors weekly blog! A kid-friendly post will appear every week with a slideshow containing art, poems, photos and stories Read More

Wow, what an amazing 10 weeks of nature adventures together. We really enjoyed all the sharing of photos and drawings, and all the chatting and learning. I discovered so many Read More