There is an area in High Park where some birds are used to being fed:

Chickadees, Nuthatches and even a Downy Woodpecker are very trusting:

Of course, the Mallards want to join in:

Other birds:

Species list: great blue heron, double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, wood duck, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (20 species)

Park views:

Some botany:

Today’s groups:

NATURE POETRY

  And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
    To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
  With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees – Keats

Miles Hearn