TFN's Jim Baillie Reserve, 2018 (TFN Archives)
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
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
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
Thanks to everyone who braved swirling snow, and a choppy ferry crossing to join us, yesterday, for a wonderful winter nature adventure at Ward’s Island. A special thanks to Jenny and Bob, island residents and excellent botanist and birder, who guided our hike. Our arctic-nesting and over-wintering ducks were staying close to shore to take advantage Read More
Join the TFN Junior Naturalists this Saturday, Jan 18th, as we explore Ward’s Island looking for mammal tracks, scat, songbirds and winter weeds. Meet at 9:45am at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal for a trip through the ice, and bring your binoculars for sightings from the boat! We will conclude our adventures with a walk Read More
Very reluctantly, the leaders of the TFN Juniors program cancelled the TFN Juniors Birding outing to Humber Bay park, yesterday, December 14th. The persistent rainfall made our planned activities including the birding itself impossible. Although disappointing, we hope this didn’t inconvenience any of you too greatly. The good news is that the Arctic nesting ducks will still Read More
Please join the TFN Junior Naturalists this Saturday Dec 14th and welcome our over-wintering Arctic Ducks at Humber Bay Park East! How many can you tick off on your checklist? What great stories our ducks tell — maybe we’ll try a little drama! Open to people ages 6-14 accompanied by a parent. Meet in the Read More
Thanks to everyone who joined us for a lovely outing to the Doris McCarthy Trail. Vannessa brought her Dad’s wonderful fossils, collected from all over Ontario. A special thanks to Geologist Ed Freeman, who explained that these creatures once lived in a shallow tropical sea that covered Ontario when it was at the equator! Some Read More
Please join the TFN Junior Naturalists this Saturday Nov 9th for a Geology hike and Fossil hunt on the Scarborough Bluffs. Open to people ages 6-14 accompanied by a parent. Meet at Bellehaven Cres. at the Doris McCarthy Trailhead at 10am. Geologist Ed Freeman will tell us about Toronto’s glacial story and the origins of the 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.