A Long-eared Owl at Tommy Thompson Park
Owing to family demands this winter, Bob and I have had no opportunity to do birdwatching, much less skiing or hiking. This past Sunday was our first day of liberty, and we seized the moment by going...
View ArticleA Tundra Swan at Unwin Avenue Bridge in Toronto
On a recent brilliantly sunny and relatively warm March day, Bob and I visited the Leslie Street Spit for some much-needed fresh air and exercise. It was on the way home that we made a short stop at...
View ArticleWood Ducks at High Park in Toronto
Bob and I had made several attempts to photograph Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) at High Park over the past year, but it wasn’t until one sunny morning early this spring that we actually succeeded in finding...
View ArticleShoreline Ice at Tommy Thompson Park
On our one and only outing to Tommy Thompson Park this past winter, Bob and I felt like kids let out of school for the summer. It was a pleasantly warm, sunny day…typical March weather with a...
View ArticleGreater Scaups at Tommy Thompson Park
It always amazes me the different species of ducks that one can find right in your own backyard. Such was the case when Bob and I visited Tommy Thompson Park here in Toronto where we came across...
View ArticleRedhead ducks at Tommy Thompson Park
Bob and I could think of no better way to shed the winter blahs than to go for a hike at Tommy Thompson Park, on the Leslie Street Spit here in Toronto, Ontario. That is where we came across a raft of...
View ArticleLong-tailed duck with tracking device at Tommy Thompson Park
It isn’t as if Bob and I have never seen Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis) before, previously known as Oldsquaws, but on one visit this spring to Tommy Thompson Park, we noticed something quite...
View ArticleThe Ring-billed Gull Colony at Tommy Thompson Park
On a recent outing to Tommy Thompson Park, Bob and I were in search of American Woodcocks in the Wet Woods, several having been sighted there a week earlier. Although we only managed to flush a couple...
View ArticleWhite-throated Sparrows in our Toronto backyard
Our backyard was a beehive of activity all spring long with many migrating birds choosing to stop by for refreshment and food. Several pairs of White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) seemed...
View ArticleWood Duck and ducklings at Rouge Park
On Father’s Day, my family teamed up for a hike in Rouge Park, in Toronto, Ontario. For a change of scenery, my brother-in-law suggested a section of trail new to us, beginning just off of Meadowvale...
View ArticleAn Eastern Comma Butterfly at Tommy Thompson Park
An Eastern Comma Butterfly (Polygonia comma) was the icing on the cake for Bob’s and my bicycle tour around Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto, Ontario one Sunday. Eager to check out the construction of...
View ArticleA Hickory hairstreak butterfly at Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto
On a particularly hot July day, Bob and I decided to seek cooler temperatures along the lakefront here in Toronto, so we loaded our bikes and made for Tommy Thompson Park. There, along the bicycle...
View ArticleDouble-crested Cormorants nesting at Tommy Thompson Park
Tommy Thompson Park on the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto, Ontario, is an amazing destination for anyone who is interested in observing birds, especially during spring migration, but a visit in July was...
View ArticleA Black Swallowtail Butterfly in Toronto
I relocated some Coneflowers in my Toronto garden last fall, and was blessed with the gift of a few more from a friend, and the plants seem to be flourishing in their new location. Bob and I have...
View ArticleRuby-throated Hummingbirds Prepare to Head South
The addition of some vibrant red Canna Lilies in my backyard garden this year has had just the result I’d hoped for. Every day, for several weeks in August and early September, at least one and up to...
View ArticleBlack-crowned Night Herons at Tommy Thompson Park
Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto is recognized worldwide as a significant habitat for breeding waterbirds, and during the summer months, when fewer songbirds make the Leslie Street Spit their home,...
View ArticleWood ducks relocated from Mimico Creek oil spill
By word of a fellow Facebook member who frequents South Reesor Pond even more often than we do, Bob and I came to know about three young Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) that recently were relocated to this...
View ArticlePied-billed Grebes at South Reesor Pond, Toronto
Upon learning of a family of Pied-Billed Grebes (Podilymbus podiceps) at South Reesor Pond in northeast Toronto, Bob and I made it our destination for a late afternoon outing in hopes of getting a look...
View ArticleA Question Mark Butterfly at Rouge National Park
Bob and I had not entertained our youngest son and his wife for quite some time, so in early August, we got together to catch up on all the news. Not being ones to sit around and visit ad infinitum,...
View ArticleA Black-throated Blue Warbler in our Garden
A Black-throated Blue Warbler in our Garden One day in early May, as I returned home from doing some errands, I found Bob tied up on the telephone. He no sooner hung up the receiver but what he...
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