The Ontario Field Naturalist's Toolchest

Identify almost anything in Ontario.  Hundreds of useful books, links and gear for keen naturalists. Not a commerical website. Enjoy

Field Guides  
Introduction
Best Field Guides
Future Field Guides
Species Diversity
Sounds
Coffee Table Books

The Creatures
Birds
  Bird Families
Bugs
  Butterflies and Moths
  Dragonflies
  Bugs Continued
  Invertebrates Continued
Mammals, Herps, Fish
Plants
Other Life
Sky and Earth
Generalized Field Guides
Links
Field Volunteering
Field Naturalists Clubs
Organizations
Environment
Gardening/Feeding/Pets
Forums
News
Quizzes
Gear
Binoculars
Other Optics
Nets etc
Clothing
Recording Observations
The Future Naturalist

Jan/Feb 2011 "The Creatures" section had its links checked and update.  The Butterflies and Dragonflies sections have been separated.  Updates to the Best Field Guides and Future Field Guides sections.
November 2010 A few new books have been added.  
March 2010 Most sections are fairly complete.  Field Naturalists Clubs needs updating.  Sounds and Coffee Table Books needs organizing and the whole Gear section needs more information. The Field Volunteering section has been updated and reorganized.  

Quiz: what are these images of?


Brent Turcotte, brentturcotte at yahoo.com

Nipissing Area Toolchest
A series of yellow rail recordings

Laurier Woods
Currently a draft


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.

Picture credits: First four taken by Brent Turcotte, last one by Laura Turcotte.  Can you figure out what each image is?  The bird taken was only the fourth sighting of it in the North Bay area.