TwinHuey
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July 22. As seen in my neighbours yard.
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Toronto Wildlife
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TwinHuey
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July 25
TwinHuey
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July 27
Northern Light
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Turkey Vultures!
They're about in much of the City, but you don't get to see their 'only a mother could love that face' looks up close all that often. Usually one sees them well above, soaring on the warm air currents.
You've got a regular safari going through your yard!
GenerationLee
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Speaking of turkey vultures, I met my friendly neighbourhood buddy on my Friday walk through the Don, hanging about the old trestle bridge that crosses E. T. Seton Park.
I also met some Japanese Beetles on the way, munching on a cherry tree (best guess I can give anyway) in Sunnybrook
I also met some Japanese Beetles on the way, munching on a cherry tree (best guess I can give anyway) in Sunnybrook
TwinHuey
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Seen early this evening.
My back yard. Salad bar for deer.
Yum!
Smile!
My back yard. Salad bar for deer.
Yum!
Smile!
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TwinHuey
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This morning...
vic
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Cool. My kid spotted a hummingbird in our yard this morning too, and called me out in time to see it. Its an unusual treat to see here.
ImmenselyMental
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Great shots, I wonder how much area your backyard covers.Seen early this evening.
My back yard. Salad bar for deer.
Yum!
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I also think this is the most appropriate thread to post this photo of geese just west of Scarborough Town Centre (one looking towards me while another vocalizes)
ImmenselyMental
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Gulls tend to accumulate close to the waterfront; I took this photo of what I assume is a ring-billed gull on the boardwalk outside the Harbourfront Centre:
A couple of birds (sparrows?) inside the Harbourfront Centre:
A couple of birds (sparrows?) inside the Harbourfront Centre:
SubHuman
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It's almost certainly House Sparrows that habitually get inside large buildings like grocery stores, etc.
They are an introduced species, so not protected like most other birds, and exterminators can legally get rid of them.
https://www.abellpestcontrol.com/en-ca/identify-pest/bird/house-sparrow/
Apart from being pests in that manner, their territorial aggressiveness led to a decline in the populations of native cavity nesting birds, particularly the Eastern Bluebird, but also others such as Tree Swallows. The House Sparrows attack and kill the other birds, or their nestlings or eggs in the case of the Bluebirds, despite the sparrows actually being the smaller bird.
(This is at Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Etobicoke.)
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Bird-B-...mbers-8-in-x-12-in-x-16-in-BMP-SP2C/205862537
But for whatever reason, the notion that House Sparrows are pests that should be exterminated doesn't seem to have caught on here in Canada. For example, in contrast to Toronto, where they seem to be everywhere in large numbers, "In Philadelphia... the birds have largely disappeared."
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ImmenselyMental
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Right before I took my photo, I saw the sparrows feeding on food scraps on the floor, just as pigeons do.
I confirmed my photos were of a ring-billed gull and house sparrows, respectively, by using both Google Lens and the Visual Look Up feature in Apple Photos.
TwinHuey
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Photo taken this morning by my girlfriend, from her car, in front of the house.
The coyotes here in South Scarborough tend to be big.
The coyotes here in South Scarborough tend to be big.
ImmenselyMental
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A photo of a ring-billed gull I took on Saturday; I saw quite a few of them that afternoon at Harbourfront Centre:
