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2022

2021

December

Word of the Week: Caching

Owl prowl: Night hikes through a nature interpreter's lens

Word of the Week: Acclimatization

Word of the Week: Brumation

Word of the Week: Nivean

Word of the Week: Sposh

November

Word of the Week: Strobilus

Word of the Week: Susurrus

Word of the Week: Abscission

Word of the Week: Dabble

October

Word of the Week: Colony

Word of the Week: Hallux

Word of the Week: Mast

September

Word of the Week: Kettle

Word of the Week: Stridulate

Word of the Week: Melittology

Word of the Week: Gorget

August

Word of the Week: Webbed (Ring-Billed Gull)

Word of the Week: Ballooning (Goldenrod Crab Spider)

Word of the Week: Peridium (Poison Pigskin Puffball)

Coyotes

Word of the Week: Calyx (Wild Bergamot)

July

Green Frog

Word of the Week: Tymbal (Cicada)

Word of the Week: Cervid (White-tailed deer)

Word of the Week: Instar

Catalpa

Word of the Week: Globose

Word of the Week: Wingbar

June

Word of the Week: Omnivore

Word of the Week: Puddling

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Word of the Week: Uropygium

Every Child Matters

Word of the Week: Lobate

May

Word of the Week: Apothecium

Word of the Week: Spur

Red-backed Salamanders

Dawn Chorus Podcast

Word of the Week: Anting

Word of the Week: Scute

Brown-headed Cowbirds

April

Word of the Week: Chiroptera

Word of the Week: Brood

Mourning Cloak Butterflies

Word of the Week: Kleptothermy

Word of the Week: Colletidae

Bird Language

Word of the Week: Undulating

March

Word of the Week: Univoltine

Spring Ephemerals

Camp FAQ

Word of the Week: Pistil

Word of the Week: Mobbing

Gummy Gummosis

Word of the Week: Torpor

February

Word of the Week: Vinaceous

8 Things You Might Not Know About Northern Cardinals

Word of the Week: Gall

Word of the Week: Reniform

Word of the Week: Vibrissae

January

Word of the Week: Castoreum

Word of the Week: Picidae

Word of the Week: Gait

Word of the Week: Mycobiont

Word of the Week: Monomorphic

2020

December

New Year Nature

Word of the Week: Umbo

Importance of Staying on Trails

Nature Art

Word of the Week: Bacciferous

Sneaky Voles

Word of the Week: Cryoprotectant

Word of the Week: Denudate

November

Dark-eyed Junco

Word of the Week: Granivore

Word of the Week: Achene

Sassy Sassafras

Word of the Week: Ascomycete

Word of the Week: Setae

Canadian Bat Box Project

October

Word of the Week: Lamellae

Word of the Week: Gular

Common Jewelweed

Word of the Week: Cantharidin

Word of the Week: Cupule

Let's Talk About Rot

Word of the Week: Loment

September

Word of the Week: Alula

Sky Blue Aster

Word of the Week: Aril

Word of the Week: Dendrochronology

Spotted Sandpiper

Word of the Week: Prehensile

August

Word of the Week: Gleba

10 Things You Did Not Know About Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds

Word of the Week: Plastron

Word of the Week: Capreolate

Adult Workshops FAQ

Urban Naturalists Club FAQ

Physically Distanced / Connected to Nature

Nature Club FAQ

Word of the Week: Tympanum

July

Word of the Week: Crepuscular

A Winged Opportunist

Word of the Week: Protura

Word of the Week: Avivore

Living Fossil: The Dawn Redwood Tree

Upcycled Seed Starters (3 Ways)

Word of the Week: Canid

Nature Ice Lanterns

Paper Roll Binoculars

Word of the Week: Panicle

Homemade Nature Memory Game

Yoga in the Park FAQ

Baltimore Orioles

June

Word of the Week: Rhabdom

Upcycled Flower Mobile

Nature Doodle Art

Word of the Week: Precocial

Student Singer

Word of the Week: Canescent

May

Word of the Week: Myrmecochory

Planet Sun Catcher Craft

Word of the Week: Bract

Mighty Mayapple

Toilet Paper Roll Snake Craft

Upcycled Scrap Paper Beads

Word of the Week: Frondescence

Word of the Week: Pullulate

May Sounds

Egg Carton Animal Mask Craft

Word of the Week: Vernal

April

Smell & Seek

Salt Dough Recipe

Word of the Week: Operculum

Animals Making Homes for Other Animals

Bird Nest Cookie Recipe

Word of the Week: Burl

Birch Tree Watercolour Painting

Word of the Week: Zugunruhe

Telling Them Apart: Hairy vs. Downy Woodpecker

Word of the Week: Cecotrope

March

Pinecone Owlet Craft

Word of the Week: Murmuration

Egg Carton Tree Craft

Cecropia Moth

Clothespin Bird Zipline Craft

Owl Pellet Cookie Recipe

Word of the Week: Pulvinus

Nature Book Club: February

Word of the Week: Allopreen

10 Things You Might Not Know about Mourning Doves

Word of the Week: Urushiol

February

Word of the Week: Zygodactyl

Insect Galls

Word of the Week: Gummosis

Word of the Week: Chionophile

Ten Reasons to Love Chickadees

Word of the Week: Diapause

Nature Book Club: January

January

Word of the Week: Solivagant

Busy Squirrels

Wonderful Wanders: Jessie's Perfect Day

Word of the Week: Peiskos

Awesome Opossum

Word of the Week: Biochrome

Word of the Week: Thallus

Word of the Week: Whorl

2019

December

Stay in Touch with Nature with Winter Birding

Word of the Week: Passerine

Top 5 Things to Do in High Park in Winter

Ringing in the New Year in High Park with Emma Rooney

Word of the Week: Latibule

Word of the Week: Drupe

Nature Book Club: November

Winter Nature Clubs

Word of the Week: Olfaction

Surprising Snake Sighting

November

Word of the Week: Cutin

Word of the Week: Cloaca

Nature's Architects: The Eastern Chipmunk

Word of the Week: Gastrolith

Word of the Week: Rostrum

Red in the Fall

Nature Book Club: October

Word of the Week: Basidiospore

October

Word of the Week: Palmate

Blister Beetles

Nature Book Club: September

Word of the Week: Drey

Word of the Week: Pappus

Woolly Bear Winter Forecast

September

Word of the Week: Palate

Busy Blue Jays

Word of the Week: Saprophyte

Word of the Week: Spikelet

Sunny Sunflowers

August

Word of the Week: Endemism

Word of the Week: Semelparous

Fall Nature Clubs

Getting to Know Backyard Bugs

Word of the Week: Ecotone

Word of the Week: Detritivore

Pigskin Poison Puffball

Word of the Week: Scapulars

Word of the Week: Proboscis

July

Early Goldenrod

Word of the Week: Rhizome

Word of the Week: Talon

Cicada Song

Word of the Week: Pterostigma

Butter Flying Time

June

Word of the Week: Samara

Word of the Week: Deciduous

White-Tailed Deer

Word of the Week: Hydrophyte

Nature Book Club: May

Word of the Week: Symbiosis

Word of the Week: Oviparous

Wild Blue Lupines

May

Word of the Week: Spadix

An Interview with Emma Rooney

Word of the Week: Runoff

An Interview with Clarissa Cremin-Endes & Jon Hayes

Daring Ducklings

Word of the Week: Sepal

Nature Book Club: April

Word of the Week: Altricial

Getting to Know Peak Bloom

Poison Ivy in Early Spring

Cherry Blossoms: In Anticipation

Word of the Week: Efflorescence

April

Word of the Week: Elaiosome

Word of the Week: Aggregation

Vehicle-Free Cherry Blossoms

Nature Book Club: March

Word of the Week: Vermivore

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Word of the Week: Dioecious

March

Word of the Week: Germinate

Silver Maple Blooms

Word of the Week: Rivulet

Word of the Week: Apricate

Blackbirds are Back

Word of the Week: Alight

Spring Nature Clubs

Nature Book Club: February

Word of the Week: Paddling

February

Winter Lodging

Word of the Week: Lenticel

Word of the Week: Dendrite

An Interview with Nellie Sue Potter

The Giving Tree

Word of the Week: Petrichor

January

Word of the Week: Photobiont

Secrets in the Snow

Nature Book Club: January

Word of the Week: Plumicorn

Early Chipmunk Sighting

Word of the Week: Iridescence

Marcescence in High Park

Word of the Week: Cathemeral

An Interview with Nancy Barrett

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Word of the Week: Carapace

2018

December

Word of the Week: Hibernaculum

Red-necked Grebe

Word of the Week: Supercilium

Word of the Week: Bole

Word of the Week: Fascicle

Mice

Nature Book Club: November

November

Winter Nature Clubs

Word of the Week: Allelopathy

Word of the Week: Tendril

Nuthatches

Word of the Week: Shrub

Nature Book Club: October

Word of the Week: Senescence

Green Invasives

Word of the Week: Petiole

October

Word of the Week: Aposematism

Witch-hazel Flowers

Word of the Week: Patagium

Word of the Week: Saproxylic

Nature Book Club: September

Blister Beetles

Word of the Week: Epizoochory

September

Word of the Week: Hirsute

An Interview with Nellie Sue Potter

An Interview with Dan Stuart

An Interview With Timothy Leduc

Word of the Week: Ballooning

August

Bird's Nest Fungus

Word of the Week: Hyphae

Fall Nature Clubs

Word of the Week: Ovipositor

Word of the Week: Epilithic

Word of the Week: Epaulettes

July

Staff Spotlight: Nadine Nesbitt

Word of the Week: Ligule

Word of the Week: Mycorrhizal

June

Word of the Week: Heartwood

Word of the Week: Inflorescence

Word of the Week: Mycelium

Word of the Week: Catkin

Nature Book Club: May

May

Word of the Week: Smeuse

Staff Spotlight: Katrina Maurer

Word of the Week: Insectivore

Word of the Week: Littoral

Baltimore Oriole Sighting

Word of the Week: Sough

Word of the Week: Riparian

April

Nature Book Club: April

Staff Spotlight: Julie Read

Word of the Week: Snag

Word of the Week: Poikilohydric

Word of the Week: Fossorial

Word of the Week: Midden

Nature Book Club: March

March

Word of the Week: Coprophagy

Word of the Week: Ephemeral

Black-Crowned Night Heron Sighting

Word of the Week: Ootheca

Word of the Week: Gait

Staff Spotlight: Kami Valkova

Nature Book Club: February

February

Nature Book Club: January

January

Staff Spotlight: Chantale Spencer

2017

December

Staff Spotlight: Sara Street

September

Partial Solar Eclipse Day at the High Park Nature Centre

August

Solar Eclipse 2017!

July

Tales from OURSpace

June

Tick Aware in Toronto

March

Happiness in Hibernation

Three Baby Animals You Might See in High Park This Spring

Winter Diet for the Animals of High Park

February

Coniferous Tree ID: Scots Pine

January

Tiny but Mighty: The Red-Breasted Nuthatch

2016

December

Top 5 Things to Do in High Park in Winter

Nature Book Club: 2022 Reading List

December 22, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Nature Book Club! Here's a complete reading lsit of all the books our book club has been reading all year long!...

Nature Book Club: November 2022

December 01, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Nature Book Club! Here we will share what our book club is reading each month!...

Nature Book Club: October 2022

November 01, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Nature Book Club! Here we will share what our book club is reading each month!...

Weekly Wisdom: High Park's spooky nature friends

October 28, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Weekly Wisdom! Stay tuned for some fun nature facts to amp up your nature knowledge!...

Word of the Week: Pareidolia

October 21, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each week to amp up your nature vocabulary!...

Weekly Wisdom: Blue Jays aren't actually blue!

October 14, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Weekly Wisdom! Stay tuned for some fun nature facts to amp up your nature knowledge!...

Weekly Wisdom: Juncos and their Toronto winter vacation

October 06, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Weekly Wisdom! Stay tuned for some fun nature facts to amp up your nature knowledge!...

Nature Book Club: September 2022

October 01, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Nature Book Club! Here we will share what our book club is reading each month!...

Weekly Wisdom: What is Autumn Equinox?

September 22, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Weekly Wisdom! Stay tuned for some fun nature facts to amp up your nature knowledge!...

Word of the Week: Ecdysis

September 09, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each week to amp up your nature vocabulary!...

Word of the Week: Sploot

August 26, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each week to amp up your nature vocabulary!...

Word of the Week: Speculum

August 19, 2022 by High Park Nature Centre

Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each week to amp up your nature vocabulary!...