Early Morning Sights

[angieinto]

Interesting morning. Was on the bus and saw a groundhog around Dundas and Scarlett. The bus was stopped and I got a good look, it was a ground hog.
Get to work, but decide to walk through Queens Park first, and get to watch a raccoon climb a tree and bed down for the day.

My mother who lives in a small town in NS is amazed at the amount of wildlife in and around Toronto, she calls it the "concrete jungle".

[BIGFRANK]

One of the long time Zoo workers Toby used to do a bit on local public television. He called it Urban Safari where he showed people around the zoo. I sort of took up that saying and it really is true. Within Toronto there is a ton of wildlife. At least 3 kinds of Squirrels(only 2 species),Chipmunks,a few species of Bats,Cottontailed Rabbitts,Muskrat,Beaver,Mink,White-tailed Deer,Coyote,Red Fox,Groundhogs,recently Oppossum,many kind of Turtles,a few species of Snakes,Skunks,the occassional Black Bear and assorted rodents. Throw in some Butterflys and interesting insects,in addition to the 300-400 bird species we all search for and I truely believe Urban Safari is a very fitting description.

[Axeman]

I remember seeing a pair of coyotes crossing Bloor St. near Prince Edward....unbeleivable...I was speechless. And they were quite casual...stopping at one point to stare at me as I drove towards them. (It was around 3 am).

In the late 80's a deer was trapped inside a restaurant around the Square One ring road (The Olive Garden). While no one knew how it got inside, it escaped by jumping through a large glass window and disappearing. Apparently, quite a few of the patrons had no idea it was galavanting around in the restaurant.