This morning’s nature walk with Miles Hearn was on my home turf – just down the street at the fabulous Col. Sam Smith Park. Take a walk with me….
comment 0
All posts filed under “nature walks”
Nature Walk in the Don Valley
I met up with Miles Hearn and his nature walk group this morning at the foot of Beechwood Drive. This is a section of the Don Valley which was once very polluted by industry along the river. The industry is long gone and the river… Read More
Chicken of the Woods at The Guild Inn Estate
This morning’s nature walk with naturalist Miles Hearn took us to The Guild Inn Estate in Scarborough, near the Bluffs. I haven’t been there in many years. I recall back in my university days in the early 80s there was a huge sculpture exhibition on… Read More
A wet walk at Lambton Woods
Over the past few years, I’ve been enjoying nature walks with naturalist Miles Hearn. These are put on via the Toronto District School Board and they’ve become super-popular, so much so the registration fills up for each set of walks in the blink of an… Read More
Deer at Thomson Memorial Park
Today marked the last in the current series of nature walks from the Toronto District School Board, and led by naturalist Miles Hearn. We met up at 8:00 this morning at Thomson Memorial Park, which is at Brimley Rd and Lawrence Ave E in Scarborough.… Read More
Last day of Whimbrel Watch at Sam Smith Park (sorry no whimbrel pics)
Today is a busy day at Colonel Sam Smith Park. The spring bird festival is on, so there are various easy-ups around the park with all kinds of information about the birds to be seen in the park. It is also the final day of… Read More
The Marsh Boardwalk at Presqu’ile
The last time I was at Presqu’ile Park it was a flood year and the Marsh Boardwalk, a kilometre long boardwalk and trail loop that winds its way through the extensive marsh and then back through a sandbar woods. It is a fantastically beautiful walk.… Read More
Nature Walk at Crothers Woods
Early this morning, I drove down a steep street called Beechwood in the Don Valley, past the place where they train police dogs, and parked at the bottom. I was meeting up with naturalist Miles Hearn and his crew of Saturday morning nature walkers. For… Read More
An explosion of spring at Marie Curtis Park
I met up with Miles Hearn’s Saturday morning nature walk group this morning at 8:00 at the east parking lot at Marie Curtis Park. What a perfect morning to wander about Marie Curtis park proper and the Arsenal Lands. There were many birds singing this… Read More
Nature Walk – Wilket Creek Park
This morning I met up with Miles Hearn and his Saturday morning nature walk group up at Wilket Creek Park. There are really multiple parks connected here, the main two being Wilket Creek and Sunnybrook Park and there are great walking trails through the area.… Read More
27th Street 