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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: dawnofthewolf on November 08, 2010, 07:33:59 PM
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Today, around sunset, I spotted a buck on the east bank of the Humber near Albion Rd. and Weston Rd. Later, I spotted 3 deer further north and a deer near Albion Rd. and the West Humber.
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At 4:30pm today, while riding the 191 bus, I spotted a deer east of Hwy. 27 and Humber River.
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Yesterday afternoon, a buck and 2 other deer, just north of the East Humber and the 407. Later at sunset, 3 deer in Rowntree Mills Park.
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You certainly are lucky with deer sightings!
I've only had one sighting all year!
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I've had luck with deer sightings at both Riverwood and the Humber Arboretum this year. Must be very very quiet.
Humber Arboretum one Saturday morning last month...
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I remember as a student at Erindale College (UTM), wanting to see deer...it wasn't until my fourth year that I saw them. A prof. once told me that they were walking around all over the place and often went unnoticed.
I see that now, around my home, that they are everywhere but you have to be both lucky and good at watching for them. It's just amazing how then can blend in.
When I take my daughter hiking around the woods, I point out deer scat and tell her that they are deer inukshuks (she's in grade one)...during the olympics (she was in kindergarten), her teacher asked the class if anyone knew what an inukshuk was...my baby shot her hand up and looked around amazed that she was the only one that knew....the teacher called out her name and she proudly answered "deer poo poo" ! When we asked her what her teacher said, the poor baby, completely unaware that her answer was wrong, said "Well she kinda made a funny face and said not quite" -- (complete with intonation)...my wife and I laughed...later on when I spoke to the teacher, to clear my baby's name, I told the teacher why our daughter gave that answer...and then asked why the teacher did not correct her...the teacher replied that she thought that maybe there was a special name for deer scat that sounded like inukshuk...lol...
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Great story Axeman! Thanks for sharing.
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Saturday afternoon, while walking north of Islington and the 407, a deer browsing in a farm.
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You certainly are lucky with deer sightings!
I've only had one sighting all year!
It's a combination of knowing where to look, luck, how long you walk for, season, and time of day(early morning, late afternoon and sunset). Certainly, the upper Humber area(north of the 401, Humber College) has more deer than the lower Humber area(Lambton Woods, etc.) and a much better chance to see deer. Start from the 401 and go north and your chance of seeing deer increases. Also, the Claireville Conservation Area is one of the best areas in the Toronto area to see deer and I have seen deer 85-90% of the time that I've walked there.
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I dunno I think luck plays a big role...I remember a late spring day in 2009 when I saw over 50 deer cross my property...but they drifted like mist in small groups...if I didn't catch sight of one group I probably would have missed the rest....it was around 2 in the afternoon...
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I dunno I think luck plays a big role...I remember a late spring day in 2009 when I saw over 50 deer cross my property...but they drifted like mist in small groups...if I didn't catch sight of one group I probably would have missed the rest....it was around 2 in the afternoon...
It does, but you have a higher chance of seeing deer where there is a larger population. For example, the deer population along the Humber River is much larger north of the 401 than south of it.
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Friday afternoon, a deer close to Islington and Steeles.
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Dec 11
5 deer at the Humber west of Hwy 27
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I was talking with a local farmer the other day....in the past few years, the farmers have been bitching about the large deer population....and now they're blaming the coyotes for a smaller deer population....myself, seems the same size to me.
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..in the past few years, the farmers have been bitching about the large deer population....and now they're blaming the coyotes for a smaller deer population....
Is there anything that they DON'T bitch about? :roll:
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Friday afternoon along the East Humber, 5 deer along the hydro corridor. Northwards, 12 deer including a herd of 8.
Saturday afternoon and evening along the East Humber, 17 deer including herds of 5 and 8. Near Steeles, 2 and herd of 6. North of the 407, a herd of at least 10.
This afternoon, 8 deer in and around Humber College.
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Saturday afternoon around Humber College, a doe and a buck.
Sunday afternoon, a beaver walking on the ice near Kipling and the West Humber. Along the East Humber, 2 herds of 5 deer, 2 deer near Steeles, 8 deer around the 407 including a buck.
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3 deer north of Steeles, yesterday around sunset.
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Saturday afternoon, a herd of 7 at the corner of Islington and Finch, 4 deer north of Finch, 3 deer north of Steeles, and a herd of 4 north of the 407.
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Yesterday afternoon along the East Humber, north of the hydro corridor, 8 deer including a herd of 4, 2 herds of 5 deer north of Finch, and 3 deer at the southwest corner of Finch and Islington while riding the 37 bus.
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an absolutely beautiful picture
the pose on the deer
and the touch of
lavender/purple
:D
Egret
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Saturday afternoon, a deer north of Steeles and a herd of 6 in Rowntree Mills Park.
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Saturday afternoon, 2 herds of 4 in Rowntree Mills Par and a deer north of the 407.
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Wednesday around sunset, 3 deer and a beaver north of the 407.
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Last Friday at sunset, south of Finch along the East Humber, 8 deer including a herd of 7.
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Sunday afternoon, a herd of 4 in Rowntree Mills Park, a herd of 4 south of Finch, and 3 deer near Weston Rd. and Habitant Drive.
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May 23
5 Deer south of Humber College west of Hwy 27
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Sunday afternoon, 3 deer including a buck, north of Finch along the East Humber.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=43.751366 ... 0&t=m&z=17 (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=43.751366,-79.580476&num=1&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=17)
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..in the past few years, the farmers have been bitching about the large deer population....and now they're blaming the coyotes for a smaller deer population....
Is there anything that they DON'T bitch about? :roll:
of course its the coyotes it has nothing to do with the redevelopment of our lands and park lands right? LOL
makes ya wonder....
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Today around sunset I saw two deer on the east bank of the West Humber near the Arboretum.
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I saw a doe and fawn near Meadow Gate 1 to Humber Arboretum and three fawns further south around hwy-27.
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I saw a doe and fawn near Meadow Gate 1 to Humber Arboretum and three fawns further south around hwy-27.
What time of day?
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On the 13th it was around 4pm that I saw the deer. Today I saw a doe (and photographed her) at 2pm and saw a stag around 4pm near the same place.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6529338233_6a92c7907f.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61658184@N08/6529338233/)
White tailed Deer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/61658184@N08/6529338233/) by Janet Tubb (http://www.flickr.com/people/61658184@N08/), on Flickr
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Friday afternoon, a herd of 6:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.736972, ... src=0&z=17 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.736972,-79.550554&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=17)
and a deer further north.
Saturday sunset, a herd of 4 including a buck:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.726111, ... src=0&z=16 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.726111,-79.59451&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=16)
Today I saw a doe (and photographed her) at 2pm and saw a stag around 4pm near the same place.
Nice photo. Is this on the east bank of the Humber north of the bridge?
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The place I see deer most often is the east bank N of the hwy27 bridge on or S of the Meadow Gate 1 Trail. That doe was slightly S of the Meadow Gate 1 Trail.
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Yesterday afternoon, a herd of 4 behind Woodbine Centre, a herd of 6 including a buck behind Humber College and 2 deer behind Humberwood School.
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like iv been saying here, i grew up in these areas, had many trips in these woods and 25yrs back you could not walk 20 feet and not run into 5 deer + 5 pheasants !!! Coyotes were as common as squirrels.
The 25+ of them have 2 or 3 main areas where they sleep and call home. I think I mentioned 1 or 2 but will keep them private now as to not scare them off.
I recall when Humber College had several horses in the enclosed area by the pond West of Hwy27# across from EGH, and this area was beeming with so many different species in the late 80's and up until 1995 you would call it a jungle. Literally.
We would see trout and carp along the ponds and in the river where now there is a school and the Finch TTC Bus loops, if you know where it is?
ps, notice the corner house that was 4 sale a while abck always has tons of C-gulls + Mourning Doves on it? Aparently some sort of magentic field or force of nature goes through that precise area, highly active" , we saw phenomena there that I think was either a UFO or Ball-lighting :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning) - YES, more than once right there where all the birds congregate on that 1 corner house by the river and south west of the bridge. by the school.
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I saw a doe today at 4:30pm a little south of the Humberwood bridge. She crossed the trail heading into the trees by the river.
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Yesterday afternoon, a herd of 4 beside the pond by Rexdale Blvd.
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I saw a fawn just south of the Meadowgate 1 Trail around 2:30pm today, it was on the west side of the river.
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Wednesday evening, a herd of 5 in Rowntree Mills Park:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.753365, ... 1&t=m&z=15 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.753365,-79.581785&num=1&t=m&z=15)
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Thursday around 5:30pm I saw 4 deer crossing the trail near Meadow Gate 2. Three does were together and a buck was slightly north of them.
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Friday at 5:45pm I saw what seemed to be the same 4 deer as yesterday in the same area near Meadow Gate 2.
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Yesterday afternoon, a herd of 4 inlcuding a buck at Albion Rd. and Humber River, a beaver, 3 deer and a herd of 4 along the East Humber.
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Feb 18
5 deer west of Hwy 27
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Yesterday evening, a beaver and 10 deer including a herd of 8 in Rowntree Mills Park on the east bank. South of Finch, a herd of 4 and a herd of 5.
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A deer yesterday evening:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.747452, ... 1&t=h&z=17 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.747452,-79.570997&ll=43.748049,-79.571486&spn=0.005937,0.009602&num=1&t=h&z=17)
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Yesterday afternoon, a herd of 4 including a buck at Albion Rd. and Humber River(near Weston Rd)
The buck
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Nice catch on the stag!
I've yet to see one.
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A herd of 6 yesterday afternoon:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.725111, ... 1&t=h&z=17 (http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.725111,-79.618447&num=1&t=h&z=17)
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A deer north of the 407 along the East Humber this afternoon
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2 deer this afternoon, south of Finch and Islington
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This evening south of Finch and Islington, 5 deer including a buck.
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This afternoon, a herd of 8, a herd of 5 and 3 deer along the East Humber.
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This afternoon along the East Humber, a herd of 5 including a deer which I beckoned towards me standing a metre away.
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Yesterday afternoon along the East Humber, a great blue heron, 3 deer and a herd of 4. At sunset, a deer south of Steeles.
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This afternoon along the East Humber, 2 deer on the hill north of Steeles.
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Sunday afternoon, a deer in Rowntree Mills Park.
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This afternoon in Rowntree Mills Park, 2 deer, one on the frozen surface of Humber River
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.752009 ... 1&t=h&z=17 (https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.752009,-79.575972&num=1&t=h&z=17)
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.748335 ... 1&t=h&z=17 (https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.748335,-79.573129&num=1&t=h&z=17)
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Yesterday afternoon, 3 deer near Bluehaven Park along the East Humber
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Sunday at sunset along the East Humber, a herd of 7 north of the hydro lines and deer crossing Islington, south of Finch
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Yesterday afternoon, a buck with velvety antlers in the foliage along Humber River:
https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.733259 ... 1&t=h&z=17 (https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=43.733259,-79.54636&num=1&t=h&z=17)
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This afternoon, a buck near Islington and Finch
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Sunday afternoon, 3 deer south of Finch and Islington, and a deer near Albion and West Humber
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Thursday at sunset, a deer in Rowntree Mills Park
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A few minutes ago while riding the 46 bus northbound, a deer foraging:
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2% ... !1s0x0:0x0 (https://www.google.ca/maps/place/43%C2%B043%2744.8%22N+79%C2%B035%2713.1%22W/@43.7291105,-79.5869722,2607m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0)
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Saturday at sunset, a deer near where the Humber River forks
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Wednesday afternoon, a deer at the southwest corner of Finch and Islington
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Saturday evening, Feb. 20, 2 deer and a herd of 5 near Summerlea Park
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Friday afternoon, a deer beside the the Hwy. 27 bridge and Humber River while riding the 191 bus
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Last Friday, a deer east of Hwy. 27 while riding the 191 bus northbound
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Last Thursday evening, a deer while riding the 191 bus southbound