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FACTOID!!
A hummingbird can beat its wings at 50 beats per second, which is so fast that it looks like a buzzing blur in the air. Hummingbirds are also able to zoom up to a flower at 40 kilometres per hour (24 miles per hour) and stop in an instant.


Canadian Tree Guide


There are hundreds of different trees in Canada. You can search for ones you've seen in your neighborhood, or just leaf through the silhouettes and learn to identify the different species.

ARBOR-VITAE
CHAMAECYPARIS
DOUGLAS-FIR
FIR
HEMLOCK
JUNIPER
LARCH
PINE
SPRUCE
YEW



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