Long Branch Park is the area along Lake Ontario just east of Etobicoke Creek.





There are some apartments nearby which have resident pigeons:

Some balconies keep them away with these owl figures:


The real stars here are the gulls:













Other birds:








NATURE POETRY
The holly! the holly! oh, twine it with bay—
Come give the holly a song;
For it helps to drive stern winter away,
With his garment so sombre and long. – Eliza Cook (1818–1889)
Miles Hearn
I think I managed to miss this one. Well, I’ve seen it now, and it’s beautiful, of course. Better late than never!