a walk for the Toronto Field Naturalists
-12 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: Robin
Robins on Ice Wilket Creek Park (photo: Judy-Ann Cazemier)
Botany Highlight: Shagbark Hickory
Shagbark Hickory (Carla ovata)
Species list: red-tailed hawk, Cooper’s hawk, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, rock pigeon, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco. (14 species)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Colorado Spruce cone (Picea pungens)
Dog-strangling Vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum)
Red-tailed Hawk (photo: Ken Sproule)
Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Miles Hearn