SQUIRREL HAVING LUNCH, ROSETTA MaCLEAN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

BLUE JAY, ROSETTA MaCLEAN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

BLUE PASSION FLOWER, ROSETTA MaCLEAN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

   We thought this was a really beautiful flower.  It is a Blue Passion flower (Passiflora cerulea) and is native to South America.

JUVENILE GREY CATBIRD, ROSETTA MaCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

JUVENILE BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

BIRDING TODAY: EUROPEAN STARLING, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

VICEROY BUTTERFLY, ROSETTA McCLAIN GARDENS, SCARBOROUGH, ON

   The Viceroy Butterfly and Monarch Butterfly are very similar in appearance.  The Viceroy has an irregular black line crossing the postmedian area of the hindwing; the Monarch does not have this line.