Photographs
(Photos © W. Banner)
Fauna:
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeaks
Evening Grosbeaks and Pine Siskins
Pine Grosbeak
White-crowned sparrow, October, 2000
Chickadee, Spring 2001
Ursus americanus!
Hooded Merganser, Humber river. A smallish diver duck.
Bird banding demo. Toronto Island School. American Tree Sparrow. This "far-north" bird winters in Toronto(and south) area.
Barn Swallows occupying park maintenance room.
Canada goslings orphaned by storm, taken to Metro Zoo.
Canadian Swallowtail butterfly.
Question Mark butterfly on hat.
Red Admiral butterfly
Black-Winged Damselfly (actually a male! - no white dot)
Red Fox pup, Edwards Gardens.
Hummer
Red-tailed hawk, December, 2000.
Screech owl, December, 2000.
Common Mergansers. Humber river (three males, two females), January, 2001.
Chickadee & seed.
Flora et al:
Beaver evidence in east Toronto.
Catalpa tree in bloom, Scarborough, June, 2001
Wild Sarsaparilla - Single stalk, 3 compound(5) leaves, flowers on separate stalk - recall the old-time drink made from its root! Found at Wilket creek, near the Skunk Cabbage patch. There is an interesting story about this plant in the July 11, 2002 issue of "The Raven", Algonquin's newsletter.
Fungi colony on large willow.
Skunk Cabbages "burning through the snow". Wilket Creek, April, 2001.
Skunk Cabbage with flowers, in its frozen enclave. Early April, 2001. Another very apt name for this plant is "Swamp Lantern"
Note: For more photographs of the Skunk cabbage visit
The Skunk Cabbage page ("Back" to return).
Skunk Cabbage leaves.Early May, 2000
New Ginkgo leaves.
Toronto Field Naturalists (TFN), Trail lunch. Visited by orphaned goslings.
Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Canada Anemone.
Bladder Campion.
Striped Maple "Moose Maple" stalk and leaf, Highland creek.
TFN crossing Highland creek
Bergamot (ingredient in Earl Grey Tea).
Evening Primrose closing at mid-day.
Red Baneberry, poisonous.
White Baneberry "Doll's Eyes".
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