August 2011 Highlights
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Herons & Egrets
Great Blue Heron (juvenile) - approx. 1.2 m - Lower Don Valley (Brickworks) - August 2011
American Goldfinch (male) - approx. 13 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - August 2011
Finches
Mourning Dove (sexes similar) - approx. 30 cm - Leslie Spit - August 2011
Doves & Pigeons
Pearly? Wood Nymph Moth larva - approx. 3.5 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Owlet Moths
Tiger Moths
White & Sulfur Butterflies
Cabbage White Butterfly larva on Field Mustard - approx. 3 cm - East Don Valley (Milne Hollow) - August 2011
Banded Tussock Moth larva on Autumn Olive - approx. 4 cm - Guildwood Park - August 2011
Owlet Moths
Northern Leopard Frog - approx. 8 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Frogs & Toads
Skimmer Dragonflies
Band-winged Meadowhawk (male) - approx. 4.5 cm length - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Common Loons (juveniles) with Double-crested Cormorant - approx. 80 cm - Guildwood Park - August 2011
Loons
Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) - approx. 16 cm - Guildwood Park - August 2011
Sandpipers
Common Duckweed - leaves to 8 mm - fruit approx. 1 mm - aquatic - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2011
Duckweed Family
Cashew Family
Poison Ivy - fruit to 6 mm - leaves 5 to 14 cm - height to 2.5 m (erect plants) to 45 m (climbing vine) - High Park - August 2011