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What

Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Observer

marilync

Date

November 26, 2023 11:31 AM EST

Description

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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American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 17, 2023 11:15 AM EDT

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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 05:17 PM EDT

Description

At least four around. Yellow-shafted, as usual in the area (second photo).

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Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 05:17 PM EDT

Description

One of several juveniles.

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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 05:07 PM EDT

Description

Seemed interested in the grapes.

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Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 05:05 PM EDT

Description

Calling and flying back and forth across the Humber Pond

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Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 05:01 PM EDT

Description

Seemed like a fairly large one.

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:55 PM EDT

Description

In the Humber Pond.

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Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:46 PM EDT

Description

In the Humber Pond, very near the busy road nearby (second photo)

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Crickets (Infraorder Gryllidea)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:39 PM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:34 PM EDT

Description

Seemingly lone male hanging out with some mallards in the Humber River.

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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:22 PM EDT

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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:02 PM EDT
Fungi

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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 04:01 PM EDT

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Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 03:50 PM EDT

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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Observer

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 03:45 PM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 08:37 AM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

October 6, 2023 08:36 AM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

September 23, 2023 08:51 AM EDT

Description

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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Tiger Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus)

Observer

marilync

Date

September 22, 2023 01:22 PM EDT

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Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens)

Observer

marilync

Date

September 9, 2023 02:41 PM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

August 27, 2023 09:10 AM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

August 28, 2023 07:03 PM EDT

Description

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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Observer

marilync

Date

August 24, 2023 11:55 AM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

August 9, 2023 01:09 PM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

August 4, 2023 06:03 PM EDT

Description

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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European Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Observer

marilync

Date

August 4, 2023 06:22 PM EDT

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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Observer

marilync

Date

August 4, 2023 10:20 AM EDT

Description

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

marilync

Date

August 4, 2023 09:58 AM EDT

Description

Or a "Pond Panda" as one of the nature camp leaders called them.

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Observer

marilync

Date

August 4, 2023 05:53 PM EDT

Description

Shortly before I got this shot she was chasing a goldfinch - I can't imagine why.

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