Toronto Field Naturalists  –  Enjoy and preserve nature with us!
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About Us
The Toronto Field Naturalists have been promoting a love of nature in Toronto since 1923. This charitable, non-profit organization stimulates public interest in natural history and encourages the preservation of our natural heritage.
Our members include experts, who gladly share their knowledge, and novice nature lovers eager to learn more. We all enjoy our TFN activities, informative newsletters, friendly people and satisfying volunteer opportunities.
TFN is affiliated with like-minded groups such as Toronto Green Community and Ontario Nature and work with them and with government organizations to protect and enhance Toronto's ravines, parks and waterfront.
Membership in TFN is a highly rewarding experience offering a number of benefits.
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Come Join Us!
TFN, with no paid staff, counts on the work and annual fees of its volunteer members. We invite you to join us. You don't need to be an expert (though you may be inspired to become one). We're not just a walking club. Come to our talks, add your voice to our advocacy efforts, contribute your time and talents to our newsletter, or in helping to run the organization.
Guests are welcome at all our events. If you're not sure we're right for you, come on a walk or attend a talk at no cost. Bring a friend. We want more people to discover the joy of nature in Toronto!
Member Photo Spotlight
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Photo by Augusta Takeda, May 2009
Submit your photos to the gallery by emailing them to photos@torontofieldnaturalists.org.
Maximum size is 1024 pixels in either dimension. Please give date, location, photographer's name, and subject's name (including Latin name if you know it). Credit is given to the photographer.
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We have a beautiful new promotional flyer!
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If you are going to be at an event and would like some flyers to give out, please contact the office to get some of the properly printed versions.
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Upcoming Events
* Toronto's Urban Forests *
Feb 7, 2:30 p.m.
TFN monthly lecture: Andy Kenney from the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, will talk about Toronto's urban forests. Visitors are welcome! Directions can be found here.
NANPS Speakers' Series
Feb 17, 7:30 p.m.
Tallgrass Prairie: One of Canada's Most Threatened Native Habitats - the Alderville Savanna by Janine McLeod, Natural Heritage Coordinator of the Alderville Black Oak Savanna and Tallgrass Prairie. More information here.
Get the Jump on Spring
February 20th, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
A free full day of programs and events including meeting over 40 horticultural and specialty garden societies as well as 12 dynamic speakers and demonstrators. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E. More information here.
Toronto Rocks
February 23th, 7:30 p.m.
Nick Eyles, Professor of Geology at the U of T (and former TFN board member) will give a presentation, Toronto Rocks - Geological History of Toronto City, to the Scarborough Historical Society at the Bendale Library, 1515 Danforth Road. All are welcome.
Complex Signals: What do Spiders Have to Say
February 27th, 1:15 p.m.
The Toronto Entomologists' Association hosts Andrew Mason, a neuroethologist at the University of Toronto pursuing the communication techniques of insects and spiders. His current projects include the parasitoid fly that "hears" its cricket hosts, the sound production and hearing of Orthoptera and the complex signalling of other insects and spiders. This meeting is open to the public. Victoria College, Room 206. More information here.
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