Cold (-6^c) and windy day, went for a walk through Wychwood Park. Saw the typical winter birds.
Female cardinal sitting in a tree.The stereotypical winter scene, a winter cardinal.This garage has vines growing all over it, providing food for winter birds.I wish everyone would plant vines on their garage or home. The seeds provide important winter food for birds.A bird that hangs around in winter.Downy woodpeckers can be seen through winter.Winter goldfinches with their muted colour.The red house finch is a nice treat in the winter.Juncos migrate south during the winter, their south is Toronto.Another winter bird, the nuthatch.A bunch of robins were hanging around in the gutter, maybe getting some warmed water coming from the dark colour roof melting snow. Or just hanging around in the gutters as a safe place to sit.The city has been naturalizing Wychwood, cutting out the Norway Maples, and planting Oaks. Toronto was originally an Oak Savannah.No hockey playing, the pond is not frozen enough.This is one of the few places that Taddle Creek can be seen, it's buried almost all the way to the lake. Travelling through the Annex, past Philosophers Walk at U of T.
