Monday, September 2, 2024

1 September 2024 Toronto: High Park on the High Park Train

 


Another delightful day brought us out to revisit High Park.  High park is rather large and so we did not really put a dent into it the first time we were here.  As we were strolling we saw the Hight Park Train.   It was more of a truck pulling a set of cars behind it.  The truck was painted red and  the copious diesel exhaust gave us the impression that we were behind a steam train.  At seven dollars per adult we saw several folks sit down and then reconsider the ride.  But we rode all through the park on our 35 minute ride.  After we rode the train we walked a path into the woods where we saw some tiny spiders.  On our way out we saw a woodpecker and a yellow-bellied flycatcher



In formation and banking to the right


It seems that the plane in the back needs more practice


Definitely not symmetric


Taking the streetcar over we see newly defaced graffiti 


The streetcar pulled up, disgorged its passengers and then turned on the "not in service sign" and pulled over to the pull off lane


I will certainly make a bird check list on eBird


Right off the bat


Four different species


Quack!


These two pine trees looked to be one tree but it was two


Looks like a single tree 


Fishing along the bank


Whuuhhh?


Wood Duck


Four ducks, the real ones are upside down


Here they are in the correct orientation


Gorgeous 


Stinky!  It was a good thing that the wind was strong


Pickle Ball


A pool along the bike path


High Park Pool


Our train


An odd couple


In the pine grove


A burst of color


Dropping off flares


Smoke belching jet


Super big weeping willows


Where are all the woodpeckers


After the train we walked in a heavily wooded area


The spiders were all lit up


Pretty green legged spider


Downy Woodpecker


Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (new Lifebird)


Flying kites 


This tree is absorbing the fence


This family had a picnic in the center of a grove of pine trees


Turtle


Fishing


A bit of rock stacking


Great Egret


Waiting for the streetcar


A full sized canoe caught in a pair of calipers


Mourning doves


Who died, Miss mourning dove?



 It has been 2 years and 88 days since we began our Migration