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Morning walk by the Humber
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High Park Nature Walk
What a beautiful day for a nature walk! One of the participants told us today’s walk was 4.5 km. Sunny day – comfortable temperatures. As a bonus there were lots of birds. I was early (what else is knew) and went for a half hour… Read More
Nature walk – Lambton Woods
Today’s walk with naturalist Miles Hearn was at Lambton Woods, near the Humber River. This is a Toronto treasure. There’s lots of parking in the James Gardens parking lot and trails both along the river and through the woods. We saw and heard quite a… Read More
Nature Walk – Rouge Hills
I almost didn’t make today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn up at Rouge Hills Park, because I was about a kilometer behind the tanker truck fire that shut down all eastbound lanes of the 401. This was in the Bayview/Leslie area. When it finally opened… Read More
Nature Walk in the Don Valley
The fall nature walks with Miles Hearn have begun. I’ll be going each Wednesday. Today we accessed the Don Valley at Beechwood Ave. Much of our walk was in the area known as Crothers’ Woods. It was early spring the last time we walked this… Read More
Mushroom Walk
This morning, before the full force of today’s heat and humidity set in, I went for a walk in a local Toronto woods. After all the rain we’ve been having lately, there were many mushrooms in the forest, some I was familiar with, others not.… Read More
Nature walk: Scarborough Bluffs
Today was the last of the July series of nature walks with Miles Hearn, to Scarborough Bluffs. These are provided by the Toronto District School Board, and they are excellent. The fall walks will start in mid-September, and I’m looking forward to continuing. I’m learning… Read More
Nature Walk at Lambton Woods
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn was at Lambton Woods, which is along the Humber River running south from James Gardens. The only camera I had with me today was my phone, so I was a bit more limited than usual on the photography front,… Read More
Nature walk with Miles Hearn – Rouge Park
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place in Rouge National Urban Park, a fantastic place loaded with interesting trails as well as the Rouge and Little Rouge rivers. I started going on Miles Hearn’s nature walks in early spring and we’ve seen numerous plants… Read More
Nature Walk in High Park
I signed up for more nature walks with Miles Hearn – this time a series of 4 July walks, the first one being in that Toronto treasure, High Park. Although spring is the best time for birds, we were fortunate to see, or in some… Read More
