In summer, Poison Ivy is green.

If it grows in full sun, it may have a waxy shine:

In fall, there can be a variety of colours:

We saw many of the colours today at Beechwood / Don Valley.

Other botany:

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has constructed several ponds at Cottonwoods Flats:

These have attracted much wildlife and, especially, phoebes. Both morning and afternoon groups saw them.

Other birds:

Park scenes:

8am group:

11:30am group:

NATURE QUOTE

“Give me a land of boughs in leaf
A land of trees that stand;
Where trees are fallen there is grief;
I love no leafless land.”
― A.E. Housman

Miles Hearn