An American toad (Bufo americanus) is indifferent to my approach at the Rattray Marsh on Thursday. © BCP 2010 I decided on the eve of the first day of summer that I would write about this placid toad that I encountered this past Thursday on my exploratory excursion to the Rattray Marsh in south Mississauga. […]
Just past the grebes I came across a great blue heron fishing. I got a couple of shots off of the heron, who then took off across the bay. I kept on going around the bay, and encountered the heron again, as you can see from the picture above. I took a succession of photos […]
Yellow hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum) inside wire mesh protecting a sapling in High Park. © BCP 2010 Sometimes on my walks I get the feeling that there is scarcely a tree in Toronto that is safe from the ravages of our hardworking national symbol, the beaver. Certainly the trees in my neck of the urban woods […]
Penny feeds her little ones some yummy stringy green stuff otherwise known as submerged aquatic vegetation. © BCP 2010 At last! I finally connected with our swan family — Penny, her long-time mate, Tycho, and their two cygnets. I think the cygnets were hatched around May 21 or 22 — a guesstimate, since I was, […]
Can anyone help ID this little ball of fluff I saw last week in High Park? © BCP 2010 This little fellow sitting atop a wire fence caught my eye last week when I was staking out the purple martins at High Park. I think he/she’s a baby sparrow, but don’t know what species. When […]
