In the Blog: Junior Naturalists

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the class today and contributed art work, photos, bird song recordings and enthusiasm. Great to see your photos and drawings of  tadpoles, mining bees, early spring ephemerals and birds.  Wonderful to see you all and to have a look at your drawings at the end! Ken Vogan gave Read More

Thanks to everyone who shared photos and joined us for our second zoom nature class of Spring 2021. So awesome to be able to come along on your nature outings through the experiences you share in the opening discussion and the photos you contribute to the slideshow. I always learn so much. Spring is progressing Read More

Hello everyone and thanks for adding photos to our very first slideshow of the Spring 2021 TFN Jrs Zoom Nature class. Please keep it up–we love sharing what you have seen in nature that week. At the class we dissected ‘winter weeds’, the stalks remaining standing at the end of the winter. We were detectives, Read More

Welcome to our final winter blogpost. Thanks again to everyone who shared amazing sightings with us. March is a wonderful month for waterfowl as the migrants that wintered on the Atlantic coast are passing through Toronto, while our own over-wintering ducks are still here. We are also seeing the earliest songbird migrants–special sparrows, that don’t Read More

What a great winter with an extended cold period and lots of snow that stayed around! Great to see the TFN Juniors exploring Toronto’s green spaces and finding the cool creatures that live in our ravines. Please have a look at the video below, to share in their discoveries. Part way through the video there Read More

Great to be connecting with all of you again. Thanks for your help in creating this blog post with many interesting sightings by all of you. Spending time in nature has been refreshing for us during this Covid crisis! Find out below what others have been experiencing! We all want to become better naturalists. It 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