Junior Naturalists – Winter Ducks event

The open waters of Lake Ontario and the Toronto shoreline  are a ‘vacation destination’ for many of our Boreal and Arctic nesting waterfowl. We get to see ducks in winter that aren’t here at other times of the year!

Come join us at Colonel Sam Smith Park from 10:00 am till 12:00 pm on Saturday, December 3rd to welcome our ducks to their winter home! We will play a couple of games to help us ID our ducks, and understand the hazards our birds face navigating dangerous landscapes during migration. 

Then we will head down to the shore to see who has arrived.

Please pre-register for this event by contacting Anne Purvis(kannepurvis@gmail.com). You will receive an email prior to the event with further details.

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.