TwinHuey
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SubHuman
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I wasn't close enough to get a good photo, but I saw this Belted Kingfisher plunge headfirst into the High Park Lower Duck Pond.
This coyote was casually scratching itself, just outside of the emu enclosure, in the middle of the afternoon. I hope the fences keep them out, and away from the smaller zoo animals.
This coyote was casually scratching itself, just outside of the emu enclosure, in the middle of the afternoon. I hope the fences keep them out, and away from the smaller zoo animals.
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TwinHuey
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Driving northbound on Bayview from Pottery this afternoon.
I slowed the second clip. Watch the right shoulder.
Closer than it looks.
I slowed the second clip. Watch the right shoulder.
Closer than it looks.
TwinHuey
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Working in my back yard this afternoon, I noticed a large area of wood chips at the base of a tree. It looked like someone had been using a chain saw. WTF?
Northern Light
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@TwinHuey leave it to you to find a Red Bellied Woodpecker on your property, they're relatively rare in Toronto, we're at the northern limit of their range. Looks to be a male.
www.allaboutbirds.org
Red-bellied Woodpecker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Red-bellied Woodpeckers are pale, medium-sized woodpeckers common in forests of the East. Their strikingly barred backs and gleaming red caps make them an unforgettable sight – just resist the temptation to call them Red-headed Woodpeckers, a somewhat rarer species that's mostly black on the...
www.allaboutbirds.org
lenaitch
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Cool! Red Bellied Woodpecker. Not rare but not as common as other woodpeckers.
ImmenselyMental
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Here are various photos I have taken of an American robin, eastern grey squirrel, and Canada geese with their goslings over the course of this week; I took all of the following photos on the U of T St. George campus:
SubHuman
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There are some in High Park that can be seen and even more frequently heard (a bird sound app on your phone can identify their noise if you don't recognize it).
https://highparknature.org/article/woodpeckers-of-high-park/
I believe last year there was one pair using a dead limb well up into a large tree in the area not far from the washrooms and the playground, and although they won't reuse the same nest, it seems that if successful one year it's not uncommon for them to dig out a new nest hole in the same limb.
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TwinHuey
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Seen in my backyard this afternoon....
evandyk
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When you live near a Popeyes…
Northern Light
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Notice the initial tentativeness of the bites to ascertain if this one is the spicy one!
evandyk
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I think it was only interested in the breading, so was taking tiny nibbles all along.
TwinHuey
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Just spotted this little guy hanging out over my front door. Wasn't camera shy.
Not sure it qualifies as 'wildlife' though...
Not sure it qualifies as 'wildlife' though...
PL1
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Escapee, I should think. Amsterdam has large numbers of parakeets; Toronto is not Amsterdam!
SubHuman
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There is a Red-Tailed Hawk nest in High Park right across the street from The Grenadier Cafe parking lot.
And lots of chipmunks in the park for them to eat.
And lots of chipmunks in the park for them to eat.
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