This page, which is under construction, will eventually contain links to short descriptions and pictures of all the species I have observed in the Greater Toronto Area. The pictures will often not be the best pictures available, but they are pictures I have made myself, and they should therefore give an idea of what is possible for someone who goes out for a casual stroll with modest equipment, and of the difficulties often involved in taking pictures in nature without the use of expensive equipment, lots of preparations, oodles of time or trickery.

If I have not made a description yet, the link -if present- will take you to an external site with credible information.

Birds
American robin - Turdus migratorius - Roodborstlijster
Baltimore oriole - Icterus galbula
Barred owl - Strix varia - Gestreepte bosuil
Belted kingfisher - Ceryle alcyon
Blue jay - Cyanocitta cristata - Amerikaanse blauwe gaai
Eastern kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus - Koningstiran
Hairy woodpecker - Picoides villosus
Rose-breasted grosbeak - Pheuctitus ludovicianus
Scarlet tanager - Piranga olivacea - Zwartvleugeltangara
Trumpeter swan - Cygnus buccinator - Trompetzwaan
Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia)

Herptiles
Amphibians
Green frog - Rana clamitans (tadpoles are up to 8 cm long!)
Reptiles
Turtles
Blanding’s turtle - Emydoidea blandingii - Amerikaanse moerasschildpad
Common snapping turtle - Chelydra serpentina
Midland painted turtle - Chrysemys picta marginata - Midland sierschildpad
Northern map turtle - Graptemys geographica
Red-eared slider* - Trachemys scripta elegans - Roodwangschildpad

Insects
Dragonflies
Eastern pondhawk - Erythemis simplicicollis

Damselflies
Eastern forktail - Ischnura verticalis

Mammals

Plants
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)
White trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)