The Ontario Field Naturalist's Toolchest

Identify almost anything in Ontario. Hundreds of useful books, links and gear for keen naturalists.
Updated March 2021, the plant section was overhauled.

Field Guides of Ontario

Introduction | Best Field Guides | Coffee Table Books | ID Guide

Birds General | Local Beginner's Guides | Seasonal Checklists | Local Bird Books | Identification Challanges | Different Approches to Birding | Bird Interconnections | Nests | Miscellaneous Guides | Links | Gadgets

Bird Families Regional Series | Waterfowl | Hawks | Shorebirds | Gulls | Owls | Warblers | Sparrows and Finches | Other Groups | Videos

Animals Mammals | Amphibians and Reptiles | Fish
Bugs Regional Guides | NA Field Guides | NA Reference Guides | Unusual Guides | Links

Butterflies and Moths Butterflies | Butterfly Checklists | Links | Moths | Books | Moth Families | Caterpillars
Dragonflies More Guides | Regional Guides | Ontario Links & Checklists | Regional Links | General Links
Beetles Tiger Beetles | Lady Beetles | Fireflies | Long-horned Beetles | Other Beetles
Bugs Continued Bees | Ants | Wasps | True Flies | True Bugs | Grasshoppers and Allies | "Flyfishing" Orders | Other Insect Orders
Invertebrates Continued Aquatic Invertebrates | Crayfish | Molluscs | Land-based Invertebrates | Spiders | Earthworms | Other

Plants Manuals | Ontario | Regional | Habitats | Weeds | Edible | Other

Wildflowers Trees | Tree Diseases | Herbs | Asters & Goldenrods | Orchids | Other
Ferns
Grasses Poales | Grasses | Sedges
Mosses Bryophytes | Mosses | Mosses, Comprehensive | About Bryophytes | Liverworts | Algae

Mushrooms Mushrooms | Boletes | Other Mushroom Groups | Local | About | Slime Molds
Lichens Lichens | Lichen Links
Other Life Bacteria | Freshwater Sponges
Sky and Earth Astronomy | Atmospheric Optics | Weather | Natural Radio | Earth
Generalized Field Guides Observing Nature | Seasons and Places | More Resources | Habitats | All-Life Websites

Citizen Science of Ontario

Links Field Volunteering | Field Naturalists Clubs | Organizations | Environment | Gardening/Feeding | Forums | News | Quizzes
Gear Binoculars | Other Optics | Nets etc | Clothing | Recording Observations | The Future Naturalist

This section needs a lot of work. It is presented as is for now. The field volunteering section has been updated so far.

Older Websites by Brent Turcotte:
The Outdoor Explorer's Guide A website that lists and briefly describes the incredible number of possible activities to do outdoors. Not being updated currently. Very incomplete. Aborted due to the effort required to finish it and the lack of interest in it. You may still find something of interest in it though.

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