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Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)Observer
marilyncDescription
Little piebald squirrel friend. Black phase Eastern Grey Squirrels are incredibly common here, but I've never seen one with white markings before.
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)Observer
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At least four around. Yellow-shafted, as usual in the area (second photo).
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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)Observer
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One of several juveniles.
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)Observer
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Seemed interested in the grapes.
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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)Observer
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Calling and flying back and forth across the Humber Pond
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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)Observer
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Seemed like a fairly large one.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba)Observer
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In the Humber Pond, very near the busy road nearby (second photo)
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Crickets (Infraorder Gryllidea)Observer
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Black cricket who scurried across the path far in front of me. Not sure what important cricket-y things they had to do.
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)Observer
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Seemingly lone male hanging out with some mallards in the Humber River.
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)Observer
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Immature Chipping Sparrow, I think? On the Humber College North Campus, very near the Humber Arboretum
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
marilyncDescription
Standing close to a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron
in the Etobicoke Creek. It had rained a short time before so much of creek was swollen and rushing, but this little sidebar was calm enough for them to fish. (Second image is me trying to get them in one shot, but unfortunately this was as wide as my lens went. Night heron in the top left; Great Blue in the bottom right)
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)Observer
marilyncDescription
Standing close to a Great Blue Heron in the Etobicoke Creek. It had rained a short time before so much of creek was swollen and rushing, but this little sidebar was calm enough for them to fish. (Second image is me trying to get them in one shot, but unfortunately this was as wide as my lens went. Night heron in the top left; Great Blue in the bottom right)
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Grey Cross Spider (Larinioides sclopetarius)Observer
marilyncDescription
I'm going with iNaturalist's suggestion as the Grey Cross Spider does look like a good match, but the system suggested other orb weavers as well.
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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens)Observer
marilyncDescription
I was at a rally calling for a reversal of the Conservative government's giveaway of previously protected Greenbelt lands, and this little native bee landed on my sign. Presumably because they also want Doug Ford to resign.
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German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)Observer
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Wasp quite enjoying a piece of cherry. I never really thought about there beong different kinds of yellowjackets before, but the markings certainly seem to match with German.
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Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica)Observer
marilyncDescription
Fuzzy yellow caterpillar withno black spines visible. Spotted while pulling invasive plants with the Toronto Nature Stewards. They were on the underside of a leaf of one of the few plants we weren't targeting.
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Itty bitty shiny green fly on a plant's accession sign in the Arb. I'm going with iNat's suggestiom because it does look like a pretry good match.
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Stem Miner Weevil (Mecinus pyraster)Observer
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Found this little weevily friend on me while riding the subway, but since I started at Downsview Park I marked them as coming from there. They were deposited in a shrubby area near Kipling station. Very long snkut, long thin body, grooves running down thier black back.
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Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)Observer
marilyncDescription
I've seen this rabbit in the same area before and I keep thinking that they seem a little different than the other cottantails, but I think they're just a little larger and a leggier than most, since the only other option* for the area would be rogue snowshoe hare and the feet don't seem big enough or the ear tips dark enough for that. (*or escaped/released domestic or hybrid I guess).
Also, looks as though he or she may have a neck injury now. There's seemed to be a small amount of blood on the fur.
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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)Observer
marilyncDescription
Well, an auto-focus fail coupled with a "strategic" leaf-block, but when seen in person (with @michaelnaumoff ) this blue, blurry, headless blob was definitely an Indigo Bunting.
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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)Observer
marilyncDescription
Or a "Pond Panda" as one of the nature camp leaders called them.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)Observer
marilyncDescription
Shortly before I got this shot she was chasing a goldfinch - I can't imagine why.