I’ve lived all my existence in Toronto, Canada. I’ve been fortunate as a way to shuttle to different puts to hen, however Toronto is the place my birding adventures started. There may be all the time such a lot to look in each season.
Toronto is situated at the north shore of Lake Ontario. The 3 rivers that run in the course of the town have carved out ravines. The town could be very inexperienced, with parks all over. In reality, our town promotes itself as “a town inside a park”. At the jap aspect of Toronto, Rouge Nationwide Park is among the greatest city parks in North The us. Downsview Park within the north and Top Park within the south are huge parks throughout the town. All of this makes Toronto a fascinating position for migrating birds heading north within the spring and for the birds that breed right here. For one of the vital iciness birds that come down from the north, there may be the waterfront. Appearing up listed below are waterfowl, gulls, or even some owls. Inland birds to find meals and refuge, too. Within the fall, raptors hug the lake’s coastline as they head west after which south to their wintering grounds.
Taking a look south over the expanse of town, to the downtown towers
My native patch, G. Ross Lord Park, is every other sprawling city park. It’s within the northwest a part of Toronto. There’s a dam and reservoir, constructed for flood keep watch over. I am going there year-round to search for waterfowl, waders, shorebirds and songbirds. There are hydro-electric towers status within the reservoir, which space a Double-crested Cormorant colony. The day I took the image beneath, I counted 92 birds at the nests and towers. Birds I’ve noticed there come with Nice Blue Heron, Nice Egret, Canada Goose, Commonplace and Hooded Merganser, and Pied-billed Grebe. Within the close by fields of the hydro hall, the birds I see flying overhead come with Turkey Vulture, Pink-tailed Hawk, and American Kestrel. Nesting beneath are Track Sparrow, Northern Mockingbird, Pink-winged Blackbird and American Robin. (Within the image initially of this text, an American Robin makes a sinister pose with a hatchet. My daughter, who took the image, calls it “Homicide Robin”.) Every so often there are unexpected sightings, comparable to a Eurasian (Commonplace) Teal putting out with Inexperienced-winged Teal or a juvenile Northern Shrike, each appearing up within the iciness months.
Hydro-electric towers with nesting cormorants
There are pathways into the park’s leisure hall. Within the spring, alongside the pathway I to find flycatchers, warblers and different songbirds. Some keep to reproduce. I’ve watched Pink-eyed Vireo and Furry Woodpecker nesting. Within the iciness, Downy Woodpecker, Pink-breasted Nuthatch, Wintry weather Wren and Black-capped Chickadee stay me corporate on my rambles.
Pink-eyed Vireo, smartly hidden in her nest
Because the seasons exchange within the coming months, I plan to proportion with you the puts I am going birding and the birds I see in Toronto.
Observe: All pictures through the Kinrys circle of relatives.