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2019

August

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
Car-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
Word of the Week: Ecotone
August 22, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Word of the Week: Detritivore
August 15, 2019 by Khadoni Chambers
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Pigskin Poison Puffball
August 13, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
So far, the month of August has been a rainy one! The damp conditions left behind by this weather has led to many exciting late-summer fungi sightings in the shady forests of High Park. One of these sightings is the Pigskin Poison Puffball (or Common...
Word of the Week: Scapulars
August 08, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Word of the Week: Proboscis
August 01, 2019 by Amandeep Singh
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Early Goldenrod
July 30, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
The small golden-yellow flowers of a very well-known North American plant species are now in bloom! The return of Early Goldenrod to High Park is exciting because it is yet another opportunity for us to see some of the many butterflies and bees of th...
Word of the Week: Rhizome
July 26, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Word of the Week: Talon
July 18, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Cicada Song
July 16, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Its that time of the year again folks! With all this warm weather we’ve been having, its no surprise that we are starting to hear one of the signature sounds of a North American summer: Cicadas! Cicadas are among the loudest insects in the world, a...
Word of the Week: Pterostigma
July 11, 2019 by Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
Butter Flying Time
July 03, 2019 by Gar Concannon
Growing up in Ireland, a sighting of a butterfly was a rare and beautiful thing. Butterflies thrive in warm, sunny weather but the absence of those environmental necessities, made a sighting extra special. A trip to a butterfly farm with perfectly si...
Word of the Week: Samara
June 25, 2019 by Jon Hayes & Haya Aldoori
Welcome to Word of the Week! Stay tuned for a new word each Friday to amp up your nature vocabulary!...
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