August 2015 Highlights
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Herons & Egrets
Herons & Egrets
Red-tailed Hawk (sexes similar) - approx. 55 cm - Leaside Industrial Area - August 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs (sexes similar) - approx. 26 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2015
Semipalmated Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 16 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2015
Wilson's Phalarope (juvenile?) - approx. 22 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2015
American Goldfinch (winter plumage) - approx. 13 cm - Pine Hills Cemetery - August 2015
Northern Leopard Frog - approx. 8 cm - Rouge Park - August 2015
Common Snapping Turtle - approx. 45 cm with tail - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2015
Turtlehead - flower 2.5 to 4 cm - fruit 10 to 15 mm - leaves 8 to 20 cm - height to 80 cm - Rouge Park - August 2015
Broad-leaved Arrowhead - flower 2 to 4 cm - leaves 5 to 40 cm - height to 1.2 m (above water) - Rouge Park - August 2015
Common Helleborine - flower 1 to 1.5 cm - raceme 10 to 30 cm - leaves 2 to 10 cm - height to 80 cm - Rouge Park - August 2015
Twirler & Grassminer Moths
Twirler & Grassminer Moths
Dog-day Cicada (newly moulted) resting on exuvia - approx. 4.5 cm (including wings) - Mount Pleasant Cemetery - August 2015
Hawks
Hawks
Sandpipers
Sandpipers
Sandpipers
Sandpipers
Sandpipers
Sandpipers
Finches
Finches
Frogs & Toads
Frogs & Toads
Turtles
Turtles
Cicadas
Cicadas
Plantain family
Plantain family
Water-plantain family
Water-plantain family
Orchid family
Orchid family
Linden Bark Borer Moth on Linden tree - approx. 7 mm - Mount Pleasant Cemetery - August 2015
Black-crowned Night Heron (sexes similar) in Duckweed - approx. 64 cm - Lower Don Valley (Riverdale Farm) - August 2015