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