In all of the places that I visit in the Toronto area, the only one which has Buffalo-berry is the beach area at Scarborough Bluffs. Here there are clay stream banks and moist thickets which are perfect habitat for it:



Another uncommon plant for the Toronto area which grows here is Beach Grass:


Other botany:



There were thousands of migrating Red-breasted Mergansers far out in the lake:



Species list: trumpeter swan, Canada goose, mallard, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, blue jay, common raven, black-capped chickadee, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (14 species)








Park scenes:













10 a.m. group on this 8 degree, windy, overcast to sunny day:

1 p.m. group:

NATURE POETRY
Now the beautiful business of summer is over,
Earth wraps herself in a bright, leaf-patterned shawl.
The hives cement the prodigal juice of the clover
And spendthrift gold is hoarded in bin and stall. – Jean S. Untermeyer (1886–1970)
Miles Hearn
I am not a “fan” of free roaming cats (feral or domestic) as they kill millions of birds each year in Canada and the USA