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
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
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
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
This morning at 8:00 AM I met up with naturalist Miles Hearn and his group for a Saturday morning nature walk. Today’s walk was above the Scarborough Bluffs on land that once belonged to the St. Augustine Seminary. The morning was cool and grey and… Read More
We live between two wonderful large parks here in the SW corner of the amalgamated Toronto, Colonel Sam Smith Park to the east and Marie Curtis Park to the west. Marie Curtis, if you were wondering, was a well-liked politician in our area. Attached to… Read More
I was up early this morning to meet up with Miles Hearne’s 8:00 Saturday walking group. This park along the Humber River is really “springing” to life right now, and there were loads of birds along the river and into the woods. For every bird… Read More
When I went to bed last night, I had completely forgotten TDSB nature walks with Miles Hearn were starting Saturday morning. This morning, I awoke at 7:40 and suddenly I realized I had a nature walk starting in 20 minutes. I threw on some clothes,… Read More
…to Col Sam Smith Park. This morning, there is drizzle and some ice pellets but yesterday was a good cool day for a walk. Here are some of the things I saw….
As I type I’m looking out the front window of the house. A dark cloud sits overhead and light rain has begun. It was very different this morning. In fact it was such a lovely sunny morning, I thought it would be perfect for a… Read More
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