SQUIRREL EATING BERRIES, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

GREEN HERON EATING LUNCH-A FROG, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

  The Green Heron looks very satisfied after eating the frog.

JUVENILE SANDERLING, LAKE ONTARIO, WHITBY, ON

   This juvenile Sanderling was on the beach next to the Whitby Yacht Club at the end of Gordon St in Whitby, ON.  

HERRING GULL, TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, LESLIE ST. SPIT, TORONTO, ON

      This can be identified as an adult Herring Gull by the large yellow bill with a red spot on the lower mandible and pinkish legs.  It is in nonbreeding plumage: it does not have the orange-yellow orbital ring of the breeding gull.

PIED-BILL GREBE, TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, LESLIE ST. SPIT, TORONTO, ON

   This Pied-bill Grebe is still in breeding plumage; it has a black ring around a pale bill.  The Pied-bill Grebe also has a bill different from other grebes: it is thick and somewhat similar to a chicken's bill.

SONG SPARROW, TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, LESLIE ST. SPIT, TORONTO, ON

MONARCH BUTTERFLY IN CATERPILLAR STAGE, TOMMY THOMPSON PARK, LESLIE ST. SPIT, TORONTO, ON

   These Monarch caterpillars are on the leaves of  Milkweed plants.   Monarchs cannot survive without Milkweed; their caterpillars only eat Milkweed.  Thus, the Monarchs need to lay their eggs on Milkweed.  Monarchs are threatened due to the decline in Milkweed.  So if you have a garden, plant some Milkweed.