Henry the Great Blue Heron

When  Focus on Nature conducts nature photography workshops at schools in Elora, we often see Henry the Great Blue Heron standing below the waterfall on the Grand River. 

He usually flies away when he sees so many excited children pointing cameras at him. But this week, with no schools open due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Henry seemed quite relaxed and okay with me sitting on the other side of the river recording his comings and goings.

I made up the story to entertain kids stuck at home. I kept it under a minute so it could be posted to our Instagram account @focusonnaturecanada. Feel free to share it if you find it entertaining too!

Henry the Great Blue Heron

May Days

Online Lessons

It looks like students will be out of school for the rest of the school year. So, in some haste, we here at Focus on Nature have created an online program of nature photography lessons for students now learning from home.

During the first week we had over 350 teachers and parents register for the free weekly lessons! They will then engage thousands of young people in some creative activities that they can do around their home or garden with a camera or phone.